Japan and the Dutch, 1600-1853

Contents

I. Introduction -- II. The Dutch at Hirado -- III. The island of Deshima -- IV. Visits to Edo -- V. The Nagasaki interpreters and early medical and astronomical studies -- VI. Arai Hakuseki and intellectual developments in Genroku and Shotoku -- VII. Tokugawa Yoshimune and Western learning -- VIII. Aoki Kon'yo and Noro Genjo -- IX. The kohoka, Maeno Ryotaku and Sugita Gempaku -- X. The advent of heliocentricity -- XI. Otsuki Gentaku and the spread of Rangaku -- XII. Western learning in various domains -- XIII. Western learning in private schools -- XIV. Rangaku and Tokugawa intellectual ferment -- XV. Conclusion.