A portrait of Emperor Ninko, who founded the Gakushudo – a school to train and educate the children of kuge. Source: Public Domain
A Japanese manual on human anatomy, reputed to be the first of its kind. The illustrations were inspired by western anatomy books which came to Japan via the Dutch. Source: Public Domain
A diagram of a telescope crafted by a Japanese engineer in 1832. Source: Public Domain
An illustration of the moon as observed through the telescope above. Source: Public Domain
A complex mechanical clock made during the Edo Period. This model tracked western time as well as East Asian time and even tracked the annual Chinese zodiac. Source: Public Domain
A map of the world published in Japan in 1792. As castaway sailors from whaling vessels continued to wash up on Japan’s shores, it must have seemed as though the world was getting smaller throughout the 1800s. Source: Public Domain
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