| |  | Sugita Genpaku was a Japanese scholar who was known for his translation of "Kaitai Shinsho" (New Book of Anatomy). Besides "Kaitai Shinsho", he... |  | Koan Ogata was a Japanese physician who lived in the Edo period. He is well-known for importing Western medical knowledge into Japan during Japan's... |  | Janus Henricus Donker Curtius was the last Dutch commissioner for the island of Dejima in Japan. He studied law at Leiden University. He arrived in... |  | William Henry (December 12, 1775-September 2, 1836) was an English chemist. William Henry, the son of Thomas Henry (1734-1816), an apothecary and... |  | ; (26 April 1828 – 18 August 1902) was an educator and leader of the Meiji Enlightenment in Meiji period Japan. He also went by his pen-name of Ni... |  | Sakuma Shōzan sometimes called Sakuma Zōzan, was a Japanese politician and scholar of the Edo era. He was the son of a samurai, and a native of Sh... |  | Viscount was a Japanese diplomat in the Meiji and Taisho eras. Aoki was born to a "samurai" family as son of the Chōshū domain's physician in do... |  | was an educator, statesman and leader of the Meiji Enlightenment in Meiji period Japan. Katō was born to a "samurai" family in Izushi domain, T... |  | was the founder of Doshisha University and Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Japan. Niijima was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo). In 1864,... | | | was a Japanese Rangaku scholar, and the architect of the fortress of Goryokaku in Hokkaidō. He was born in today's Aichi Prefecture in 1827. He s... | |
