蘭らん学がく

noun

rangaku; Dutch learning

Historical term for the study of Western science, medicine, and technology through Dutch books and contacts during Japan's Edo-period isolation.

• 杉すぎ田た玄げん白ぱくは蘭らん学がくの発はっ展てんに大おおきく貢こう献けんした。

  Sugita Genpaku greatly contributed to the development of rangaku.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、蘭らん学がくを通つうじて西せい洋よう医い学がくが日本にほんに伝つたわった。

  During the Edo period, Western medicine was introduced to Japan through rangaku.