title: [Historical study on the introduction and cultivation of medicinal plants in the Edo-era. 1. A paper on the cultivation of 12 medicinal plant species.].
abstract: This article describes a two-page response written by a translator in 1721, in which a reply is given regarding an inquiry made on October 5 to a Chinese person related to the cultivation of 12 medicinal plant species imported to Japan from China. One page, dated October 7, describes the cultivation method for seven species and the other page, dated October 10, describes the cultivation method for the other five species. These plants were imported to Japan for the purpose of domestic propagation as important materials for Chinese medicine at the Jyuzengi Medicinal Plant Garden in Nagasaki, and some of them were apparently sent to Koishikawa Medicinal Plant Garden in Edo (Tokyo). This is a historical document concerning when and which plants were imported for cultivation.
authors.forename: Yoshie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D007564:Japan; D010946:Plants, Medicinal