Tsuko NAKAMURA
Biographic Data
| ID | 9511021 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tsuko NAKAMURA |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tsuko |
| FAMILY NAME | NAKAMURA |
| SIGNATURE | NAKAMURA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Daito Bunka University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Historical Patron of Astronomy, Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa, Who Led Feudal Japan to a Modernized Society
Émile Lépissier, a French Astronomer of Misfortune Who Taught in China and Japan
This paper presents the lifetime and achievements of a little-known French astronomer, Émile Lépissier, who contributed to the modernization of astronomy in China and Japan. He was recruited in 1854 by Paris Observatory as a Computer and later raised to an Astronome-adjoint. However, due to an unfair decision by the dictatorial Director, Le Verrier, Lépissier was forced to resign from the Observatory. Eventually he was dispatched to Beijing and t…
Astronomy and the Kofun Burial Mounds of Japan
In Japan there are many burial mounds called Kofun, the graves of ancient kings, emperors, local rulers and their clans, which are scattered throughout Honshu (the main island of Japan) and the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. This short communication was written in response to a paper by Baratta et al. (2022) that was published in a remote sensing journal, and is designed to outline the contents of their paper in relation to recent Japanese studie…
Italic>The History of Modern Astronomy in Japan , by Tomokazu Kogure
Unified Analysis of Observation Dates for Ancient Star Maps and Catalogues in Asia
It is an intriguing subject in the history of astronomy to determine scientifically observation dates of stars recorded in ancient star maps and catalogues of East Asia. Most of previous studies used leastsquares fitting as a function of time between observation and calculation for a group of selected stars, and they simply took the resulting mean residuals as the dating errors. In 2014, the author of this paper was given an opportunity to perfor…
Obituary
It is with great sadness that we report the unexpected death of the distinguished Japanese historian of astronomy Dr Yukio Ôhashi on 31 October 2019, at the age of 64. In this obituary we provide information about Yukio's academic studies, his research interests, his involvement with astronomical societies, some of the conferences he attended, and his publications. We end with a listing of his English-language research papers
Inoh Tadataka's Land-survey Expeditions in Japan and His Astronomical Observations
Land-survey expeditions across the Japanese archipelago during the period from 1800 to 1817 and scientific map-making conducted by Inoh Tadataka were monumental achievements in the Japanese history of cartography. How Inoh's astronomical knowledge and skills are reflected in his survey instrumentation and map fabrication of the Japan islands is reviewed. The contents of this paper are as follows: Section II makes an overview of Inoh's astronomica…
Selene's Two Faces
If any scientific object has over the course of human history aroused the fascination of both scientists and artists worldwide, it is beyond doubt the moon. The moon is also by far the most interesting celestial body when it comes to reflecting on the dualistic nature of photography as applied to the study of the universe. Against this background, Selene’s Two Faces sets out to look at the scientific purpose, aesthetic expression, and influence o…
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Selene's Two Faces
If any scientific object has over the course of human history aroused the fascination of both scientists and artists worldwide, it is beyond doubt the moon. The moon is also by far the most interesting celestial body when it comes to reflecting on the dualistic nature of photography as applied to the study of the universe. Against this background, Selene’s Two Faces sets out to look at the scientific purpose, aesthetic expression, and influence o…
Obituary
It is with great sadness that we report the unexpected death of the distinguished Japanese historian of astronomy Dr Yukio Ôhashi on 31 October 2019, at the age of 64. In this obituary we provide information about Yukio's academic studies, his research interests, his involvement with astronomical societies, some of the conferences he attended, and his publications. We end with a listing of his English-language research papers
Inoh Tadataka's Land-survey Expeditions in Japan and His Astronomical Observations
Land-survey expeditions across the Japanese archipelago during the period from 1800 to 1817 and scientific map-making conducted by Inoh Tadataka were monumental achievements in the Japanese history of cartography. How Inoh's astronomical knowledge and skills are reflected in his survey instrumentation and map fabrication of the Japan islands is reviewed. The contents of this paper are as follows: Section II makes an overview of Inoh's astronomica…
Italic>The History of Modern Astronomy in Japan , by Tomokazu Kogure
Unified Analysis of Observation Dates for Ancient Star Maps and Catalogues in Asia
It is an intriguing subject in the history of astronomy to determine scientifically observation dates of stars recorded in ancient star maps and catalogues of East Asia. Most of previous studies used leastsquares fitting as a function of time between observation and calculation for a group of selected stars, and they simply took the resulting mean residuals as the dating errors. In 2014, the author of this paper was given an opportunity to perfor…
Astronomy and the Kofun Burial Mounds of Japan
In Japan there are many burial mounds called Kofun, the graves of ancient kings, emperors, local rulers and their clans, which are scattered throughout Honshu (the main island of Japan) and the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. This short communication was written in response to a paper by Baratta et al. (2022) that was published in a remote sensing journal, and is designed to outline the contents of their paper in relation to recent Japanese studie…
Émile Lépissier, a French Astronomer of Misfortune Who Taught in China and Japan
This paper presents the lifetime and achievements of a little-known French astronomer, Émile Lépissier, who contributed to the modernization of astronomy in China and Japan. He was recruited in 1854 by Paris Observatory as a Computer and later raised to an Astronome-adjoint. However, due to an unfair decision by the dictatorial Director, Le Verrier, Lépissier was forced to resign from the Observatory. Eventually he was dispatched to Beijing and t…
Historical Patron of Astronomy, Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa, Who Led Feudal Japan to a Modernized Society
History (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Astronomy (2 works) · Cartography (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical Geography and Cartography (2 works) · History and Developments in Astronomy (2 works)