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 Unpublished.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.