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{{Short description|Japanese scholar, go player and astronomer}}
[[File:Shibukawa Syunkai from Tenmon-Taii-Roku.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Shibukawa Shunkai]]
[[File:Jokyo-reki.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Jōkyō calendar]] published in 1729. Exhibit in the [[National Museum of Nature and Science]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].]]
[[File:Tenmon Bunya no Zu by Shibukawa Shunkai in 1677.png|thumb|200px|right|"Tenmon Bunya no Zu", written by Shibukawa Shunkai in 1677. "Tenmon Bunya no Zu" means star chart.]]
[[File:Terrestrial Globe by Shibukawa Shunkai.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Papier-mache]] [[globe]] created by Shibukawa Shunkai in 1695. One of the [[Important Cultural Properties of Japan]]. Exhibit in the [[National Museum of Nature and Science]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].<ref>[http://shinkan.kahaku.go.jp/kiosk/nihon_con/S1/KA1-1/english/TAB2/img/M01_08_con.png Papier-mache terrestrial globe – National Museum of Nature and Science]</ref>]]
[[File:Grave of SHIBUKAWA Shunkai.JPG|thumb|180px|Shunkai's grave at Tokyo]]
{{family name hatnote|Shibukawa|lang=Japanese}}
{{nihongo|'''Shibukawa Shunkai''' or '''Shibukawa Harumi'''|渋川 春海|extra=December 27, 1639 – November 1, 1715}} born as '''Yasui Santetsu''' ({{lang|ja|安井 算哲}}), later called '''Motoi Santetsu''' ({{lang|ja|保井 算晢}}), was a Japanese scholar, go player and the first official [[astronomer]] appointed of the [[Edo]] period. He revised the Chinese [[lunisolar calendar]] at the shogunate request, drawing up the [[Jōkyō calendar]] which was issued in 1684 during the [[Jōkyō]] era. In 1702, he changed his name to ''Shibukawa Sukezaemon Shunkai'' and retired by 1711. As a go player, he was affiliated with the Yasui house, calling himself initially (after his father) Yasui Santetsu II. He is mentioned as a Tengen player in Yamashita Keigo 's book: ''Challenging Tengen''.<ref>(天元への挑戦), Published by Kawade in 2000, {{ISBN|978-4309264455}}.</ref>

Shibukawa Shunkai (as Yasui Santetsu) is the central character in the 2012 film ''[[Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer]]'' by [[Yōjirō Takita]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schilling|first=Mark|date=September 14, 2012|title=Tenchi Meisatsu (Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer)|journal=[[The Japan Times]]|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2012/09/14/films/tenchi-meisatsu-tenchi-the-samurai-astronomer/#.UTOuJlc_ryA}}</ref>

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[[Category:1639 births]]
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