Tag: Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Yojiro Takita’s 2012 film ‘Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer’ presents a fascinating biographical portrait of Yasui Santetsu, the 17th-century polymath who revolutionised Japanese astronomy and calendrical science. The film chronicles Santetsu’s extraordinary journey from his early mastery of the strategic board game go to his appointment as Japan’s first official astronomer during the Edo Period, culminating…