Definition of Rangaku. Meaning of Rangaku. Synonyms of Rangaku

- Rangaku (Kyūjitai: 蘭學, English: Dutch learning), and by extension Yōgaku (****anese: 洋学, "Western learning"), is a body of knowledge developed by ****an...
- and insurance of the Osaka rice brokers. The study of Western sciences (rangaku) continued through contact with the Dutch enclave in Nagasaki. The Edo...
- Tokugawa shogunate. In addition, rational Confucianism stimulated Kokugaku, Rangaku and the non-official po****r thought after the middle Edo period. In the...
- discusses the vibrancy of Edo period rangaku, and notes the competition in the early Meiji period for foreign experts and rangaku scholars. Timon Screech discusses...
- and also created an air gun based on the study of Western knowledge ("rangaku") acquired from the Dutch in Dejima. Kunitomo's invention of a new type...
- (緒方 洪庵, August 13, 1810 – July 25, 1863) was a ****anese physician and rangaku scholar in late Edo period ****an, noted for establishing an academy which...
- During the period, ****an studied Western sciences and techniques (called rangaku, "Dutch studies") through the information and books received through the...
- study of China. Kangaku was the counterpart of kokugaku and Yōgaku or Rangaku. Scholars of kangaku are called kangakusha (漢学者). In modern ****an, sinology...
- (桂川 甫周, 1751 – August 2, 1809) was a ****anese physician and scholar of rangaku (Western studies). He served the Tokugawa shogunate as a physician and...
- scientific, technical and medical innovations flowed into ****an through Rangaku ("Dutch learning"). Trade with Korea was limited to the Tsushima Domain...