1. Introduction -- 2. The Dutch at Hirado -- 3. The island of Deshima -- 4. Visits to Edo -- 5. The Nagasaki interpreters and early medical and astronomical studies -- 6. Arai Hakuseki and intellectual developments in Genroku and Shotoku -- 7. Tokugawa Yoshimune and Western learning -- 8. Aoki Kon'yo and Noro Genjo -- 9. The kohoka, Maeno Ryotaku and Sugita Gempaku -- 10. The advent of heliocentricity -- 11. Otsuki Gentaku and the spread of Rangaku -- 12. Western learning in various domains -- 13. Western learning in private schools -- 14. Rangaku and Tokugawa intellectual ferment -- 15. Conclusion
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