Historical documents preserved by the Shogunate Astronomical Officer the Shibukawa family (II). Letters and "Tenmonkata Daidaiki".

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Nov 1995

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Rep. Natl. Astron. Obs. Jpn., Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 765 - 792

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History Of Astronomy: Biography, History Of Astronomy: Calendars

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This is the second report on a full survey of the historical documents preserved by the Shibukawa family, an Astronomical Officer of the Tokugawa shogunate. In this survey, the authors found some series of unknown important letters regarding the "Tempo" calendar reform made under the leadership by Kagesuke Shibukawa, the greatest astronomer in the late Tokugawa era, the imprisonment of Hironao, the eldest son of Kagesuke who then was a deputy astronomical officer, the death dates of Kagesuke and his second son, and so on.

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