Electricity is fluttering , which was quite rare at that time. A machine that pops "Electel" Famous for Hiraga Gennai Mr. Miss.
In fact, repaired rather than made I'm the one ...
Still, he did something pretty amazing.
Take 7 years to completely repair the broken "Electel" that I got in Nagasaki, with no instructions, no one to tell me, and I don't know how to use it. It was. Isn't it amazing even though I don't know the completed form?
Hiraga Gennai's profession was not limited to inventors.
We will demonstrate our extraordinary ability and talent.
However, the world cannot keep up with Mr. Gennai's brain and suffers from a life ... Anguish because of a genius ...
I would like to introduce the strange fate of Mr. Hiraga Gennai, who is said to have been born too early.
Hiraga Gennai, Easy Profile
Life and Death 1728-1780 In the middle of the Edo period, the 8th Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune It was the time of Sanya and the 9th Shogun.
Sanuki Province Ashigaru in (Kagawa) I was born in a house of social status.
Around 11 years old , If you put a sake bottle in front of the hanging scroll of God, invent a karakuri that makes your face red like drunk .. Surprise adults.
Around 13 years old , Honzogaku (Study of medicine developed in China), Confucianism, Haiku Learn (the source of haiku).
Around 25 , Nagasaki's Dejima Studied Honzogaku, Dutch, medicine and oil painting for a year at (the gateway to Dutch trade).
Inspired by foreign cultures, Gennai has his sister adopt a son and abandon his family.
Around 28 years old , Osaka, Kyoto, and then study Honzogaku and Chinese studies (Chinese studies) in Edo.
Learn mine mining and refining techniques in Nagasaki for the second time.
Around 30 , Worked as a vassal of the Takamatsu Domain (Kagawa Prefecture), but his inconvenient life became cramped and around 32 years old Resigned to. And he goes to Edo again.
At that time, it is promised that neither the own clan nor the other clan will be able to work as a bakushin (work as a samurai) again.
Around the same time, the Edo Shogunate Rōjū ) has pros and cons such as "bribery politician" and "kaimei politician". ・ Tanuma Okitsugu Sanya, a Dutch-translated medical book " Kaitai Shinsho Famous for Genpaku Sugita I will get acquainted with Mr.
Around 35 , Wrote numerous books. He is also interested in foreign books.
Around 38 , Okuchichibu develops a mine. Asbestos Discover (asbestos) etc. .. Asbestos is used in household appliances, electrical products, and construction materials, and has excellent durability and heat resistance.
Around 45 Called by the Dewa Akita Domain (Akita Prefecture), he teaches mine development and orchid painting techniques.
Around 49 , Succeeded in repairing "Electel" after 7 years.
52 years old , Undertake the repair of the daimyo mansion.
When he was drinking, he killed two carpenters who misunderstood that the repair plan had been stolen. .. I had the plan.
He was imprisoned for the crime and died a month later.
This is what a turbulent life is like.
Hiraga Gennai's 10 occupations!
① Originally a Honzogaku scholar.
A pharmaceutical scholar.
➁ Hosts Japan's first product expo.
In the Edo period, when traffic was not yet developed, an exposition was held by collecting rare minerals and herbs from all over the country. At that time, I also make flyers for promotion myself.
1300 kinds of exhibits at the 5th Expo After the event, a picture book of the exhibits will also be published.
③ Inventor.
Invented Japan's first pedometer "quantity pedometer".
Non-burning cloth " Fire cloth Invented. I started making it when I discovered asbestos on Mt. Chichibu.
Invented a thermometer.
Compass. etc….
④ Japan's first woolen industry.
Aiming to domestically produce high-quality woolen fabrics that had to rely on imports, we are starting with sheep breeding.
⑤ Miner.
Do a development project for Kanayama. However, he could not find gold and went to the Akita domain to give guidance on mine development.
⑥ Ceramic artist.
Knowing that pottery is sold at a high price in Nagasaki, I decided to make a pottery called "Gen'nai ware" and sell it overseas.
⑦ Painter.
Japan's first Western painting "Western Lady" I wrote.
A disciple who taught Western painting in the Akita domain later drew an illustration for the medical book "Kaitai Shinsho".
⑧ Writer.
" Kazerai Yamato
And " Kigai Fukuuchi
"
The book written under the pseudonym "" was a big hit. It seems that some of them are still Kabuki.
There is also a "flatulence theory" that I wrote about flatulence.
⑨ Japan's first copywriter.
"Eat eel on the day of the Ox" Is what Mr. Gennai thought. The eel shop is very prosperous.
Also wrote and composed the toothpaste promotional song.
It seems that Mr. Gennai invented the first shrine "Hamaya".
⑩ A middleman of rare stones and strange stones.
Mr. Gennai Hiraga in his later years!
As with Elekiter, people are surprised only at the beginning, the boom goes away in an instant.
None of the professions were very successful. "Puppet Master" I was also called.
The gap between the ideal and the reality becomes more and more desperate, and in the end it is imprisoned I woke up.
It was only two years after the feat of elekiter restoration was achieved.
Mr. Gennai is dead on paper, but he secretly escapes from prison and Tanuma Okitsugu There is also a theory that Mr. was helped.
It's a rumor ...
Summary
Mr. Genuchi was said to be a "genius" and a "genius" because of his unparalleled ability to act and execute, but it was very difficult to get the world to recognize new things.
If he was born abroad.
If I was born a little later.
He may have been valued when he was alive.
However, Mr. Gennai's life, which continued to try new things no matter how many times he failed, must have been very fulfilling!
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