In Chap. 8, the progress in the education and popularization of astronomy is
briefly traced. General education in the lower-level schools and universities is
considered in parallel with technical education in the graduate courses of astronomy.
Progress in the popularization of astronomy was remarkable, with the construction
of large planetariums and public observatories equipped with large telescopes.
In the appendix, history of the rise of astrophysics in Western countries is briefly
traced. While astrophysics had no effect on astronomy in the Tokugawa era, it
offered great influence to the progress of modern astronomy in Japan.
In this book, the history of astronomy in Japan has been traced up to around 2000
or so. The research of astrophysics in the twenty-first century is highly advanced to
the international level in the world. For this reason, I have closed the history of
astronomy around the end of the twentieth century.
Yawata, Kyoto, Japan
Tomokazu Kogure
Preface: A History of Modern Astronomy in Japan
vii
briefly traced. General education in the lower-level schools and universities is
considered in parallel with technical education in the graduate courses of astronomy.
Progress in the popularization of astronomy was remarkable, with the construction
of large planetariums and public observatories equipped with large telescopes.
In the appendix, history of the rise of astrophysics in Western countries is briefly
traced. While astrophysics had no effect on astronomy in the Tokugawa era, it
offered great influence to the progress of modern astronomy in Japan.
In this book, the history of astronomy in Japan has been traced up to around 2000
or so. The research of astrophysics in the twenty-first century is highly advanced to
the international level in the world. For this reason, I have closed the history of
astronomy around the end of the twentieth century.
Yawata, Kyoto, Japan
Tomokazu Kogure
Preface: A History of Modern Astronomy in Japan
vii