The Lost Art Of Sangaku: Rediscovering A Forgotten Tradition

Sangaku are japanese geometrical problems or theorems on wooden tablets which were placed as offerings at shinto shrines or buddhist temples during the edo period by members of all. This paper demonstrates how a nineteenth century japanese votive temple problem known as sangaku from okayama prefecture can be solved using traditional mathematical methods of. Colour plates of sangaku and related artwork from the edo period. Sacred mathematics can thus be enjoyed as an art book. It also provides scholarly insight into japanese culture.

Known as sangaku, they contained problems of. In this wonderful new book, fukagawa hidetoshi and tony rothman take us back to a time in japan when people from all walks of life painted mathematics problems on beautiful wooden. Today these tablets are kept in museums, but.