Japan's Edo period and the European Renaissance were seperated by hundreds of years. But in spite of that, there was a cat in Edo Japan who fit the definition of "renaissance man": the scholar, inventor, and artist known as Hiraga Gennai.
Trouble aside, it was the first 
Japan-produced wool fabric!
Pese a todo, produjo
la primera lana para vestir.
Apesar dos problemas, foi o primeiro
tecido feito de lã produzido no Japão!