蘭らん学がく者しゃ

noun

rangaku scholar; scholar of Western sciences via Dutch during the Edo period

Historical term for a scholar who studied Western sciences, medicine, and technology through Dutch books and contacts during Japan's period of isolation.

See also: 蘭学

• 杉すぎ田た玄げん白ぱくは有ゆう名めいな蘭らん学がく者しゃである。

  Sugita Genpaku is a famous rangaku scholar.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、多おおくの蘭らん学がく者しゃがオランダ語ごの医い学がく書しょを翻ほん訳やくした。

  During the Edo period, many rangaku scholars translated Dutch medical texts.