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Wikipedia link for those curious: Rangaku (Kyūjitai: 蘭學/Shinjitai: 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning") is a body of knowledge
by keiferski 5y ago
Wikipedia link for those curious:
Rangaku (Kyūjitai: 蘭學/Shinjitai: 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning") is a body of knowledge developed by Japan through its contacts with the Dutch enclave of Dejima, which allowed Japan to keep abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to foreigners from 1641 to 1853 because of the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation (sakoku).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangaku https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangaku
Also for any Ghost in the Shell fans, I'm fairly certain that the refugee island Dejima is a reference to the Dutch trading post in Nagasaki.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejima https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejima
- Freak_NL 5y agoOften written as 'Deshima' in English, Dutch, etc. when referring to the island during the Tokugawa Shogunate. The modern pronunciation for the area in Nagasaki is Dejima (mostly), but historically it was pronounced Deshima as well, which the Dutch used as the basis for the 'Deshima' (and 'Decima' etc.) romanization.