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Sugita Genpaku

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Gender Male
Death206 years ago
Date of birth October 20,1733
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Edo
Date of died June 1,1817
ParentsHosen Sugita
Job Physician
Scholar
Books Kaitai Shinsho
Dawn of Western science in Japan
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Sugita Genpaku Life story


Sugita Genpaku was a Japanese scholar known for his translation of Kaitai Shinsho. Besides Kaitai Shinsho, he also authored Rangaku Kotohajime. Sugita assembled a team of Japanese translators and doctors to translate a Dutch book of anatomy: Kulmus' "Ontleedkundige Tafelen".

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