Iwasaki Tsunemasa

Who was Iwasaki Tsunemasa?

Iwasaki Tsunemasa also Kan-en was a Japanese botanist, zoologist and entomologist. He was also a samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate.

He wrote:

⁕Bukō-sanbutsu-shi a work on the natural history of the Edo district including botany zoology and entomology as lists.

⁕Honzō Zufu a woodblock illustrated work.Plants only.

⁕Honzō Sen'yō. Unpublished .Two volumes includes insects and gives some Dutch names.Some editions include the Binomial nomenclature introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

⁕Sōmoku-sodategusa. Two volumes of woodcut illustrations.Includes 13 Ukiyo-e of insects which cause plant damage.One was Papilio xuthus which fed on fragrant citrus.He described the larva with its osmeterium.