Background
Uemura Masakatsu was born in 1695 in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
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Uemura Masakatsu
Edit Profile植村 正勝
also known as
Saheiji
Botanist herbalist Pharmacologist writer
Career
Uemura Masakatsu was originally a gardener serving the Kii Clan (Wakayama Prefecture), till he was made manager of the Komaba Herbary at Edo (now Tokyo) by an order of the Shogunate. In 1720 he left on a journey to explore the plants and medicines of the country, a journey which in the end lasted 34 years.
