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Kangaku

Chinese studies (sinology) in Edo period in early modern Japan (as opposed to kō-kangaku)

Kangaku (漢学) was the pre-modern Japanese study of China. Kangaku was the counterpart of kokugaku and Yōgaku or Rangaku. Scholars of kangaku are called kangakusha (漢学者).

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Kangaku

Chinese studies (sinology) in Edo period in early modern Japan (as opposed to kō-kangaku)

Kangaku (漢学) was the pre-modern Japanese study of China. Kangaku was the counterpart of kokugaku and Yōgaku or Rangaku. Scholars of kangaku are called kangakusha (漢学者).

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Kangaku (漢学) was the pre-modern Japanese study of China. Kangaku was the counterpart of kokugaku and Yōgaku or Rangaku. Scholars of kangaku are called kangakusha (漢学者).

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