Hirazumi Sen'an (sold) (平住專菴)
Hirazumi Sen'an (平住專菴; ???? - 1734) was a Japanese Confucian scholar and palace doctor for the feudal lords of the Yoshida clan in Iyo Province, specializing in herbal medicine (本草学). He was a student of the Confucian scholars Yamazaki Ansai (山崎闇斎) and Asami Keisai (浅見絅斎). Although Hirazumi's main areas of expertise were medicine and Neo-Confucian texts, he studied and published in a wide range of topics, as displayed in his contribution to the encyclopedia Enlightening Illustrations of China (唐土訓蒙圖彙).
AKA: 平住專菴
An early 18th century summary of East Asian astronomy and cosmology.
唐土訓蒙圖彙, 一 天文 / [Enlightening Illustrations of China, Vol. 1 'Astronomy'].
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This is an 1719 astronomical work by Hirazumi Sen'an (平住專菴) and Tachibana Morikuni (橘守國). It reflects the intellectual environment of 18th century East Asia, including the synthesis of Western and Chinese astronomical knowledge following the arrival of the Jesuits in China, as well as the diffusion of that knowledge to Japan and throughout East Asia. (more details)