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KMID : 0857920180210020007
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Yonsei Journal of Medical History
2018 Volume.21 No. 2 p.7 ~ p.34
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Exploring the “Inner Landscapes”: the Kaitai shinsho (1774) and Its Prehistory
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Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu
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Abstract
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Previous research on the translation of Johan Adam Kulmus’ “Anatomic Tables” and the publication of the “New Book of Anatomy” (Kaitai shinsho) tends to focus on the individual genius and farsightedness of the physicians involved and the obstacles they encountered. This study sheds light on the historical background. It gives an outline of the indigenous developments, foreign influences, and various medical and nonmedical interactions in 17th- and early 18th-century Japan that led to a new view of the human body, anatomical dissections, and eventually the translation of European anatomy books.
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KEYWORD
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Kaitai shinsho, Johan Adam Kulmus, Inner landscapes, human body, anatomy
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