和わ算さん家か

noun

scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert in Japanese mathematics

Historical term for a practitioner or scholar of 和算 (wasan), the native Japanese mathematical tradition developed during the Edo period.

See also: 和算

• 関せき孝たか和かずは江え戸ど時じ代だいの代だい表ひょう的てきな和わ算さん家かである。

  Seki Takakazu is a representative scholar of Japanese mathematics from the Edo period.