Japan and the Dutch, 1600-1853
By: Grant K. Goodman
Publisher: Curzon
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Richmond, Surrey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781299728479
Subjects: Relations; Science; Education; Medical Education; History; Cross-Cultural Comparison; History, Modern 1601-; 15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general; International relations; Kulturkontakt; Buitenlandse betrekkingen; Civilization; Dutch influences; Histoire; Civilisation; Influence néerlandaise; Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Dutch at Hirado; title: 3. The island of Deshima; title: 4. Visits to Edo; title: 5. The Nagasaki interpreters and early medical and astronomical studies; title: 6. Arai Hakuseki and intellectual developments in Genroku and Shotoku; title: 7. Tokugawa Yoshimune and Western learning; title: 8. Aoki Kon'yo and Noro Genjo; title: 9. The kohoka, Maeno Ryotaku and Sugita Gempaku; title: 10. The advent of heliocentricity; title: 11. Otsuki Gentaku and the spread of Rangaku; title: 12. Western learning in various domains; title: 13. Western learning in private schools; title: 14. Rangaku and Tokugawa intellectual ferment; title: 15. Conclusion.