Aochi Shien

...Dutch scholar and doctor of the Edo period. Son of Kaian, physician to Lord Hisamatsu of Matsuyama. His given name was Ei, and his pen names were Shien and Hoko. He first studied classical Chinese and traditional Chinese medicine, which he learned from his family's teachings, and then went to Kyoto, Osaka, and then Edo, where he studied Dutch studies and medicine under Baba Sajuro and Sugita Genpaku. After his father's death, he returned to Matsuyama and inherited the family business, but then traveled to Nagasaki and then Edo to study again, where he became acquainted with Otsuki Gentaku, Udagawa Shinsai (Genshin), Sugita Ryukei, and Udagawa Yoan. In 1822 (Bunsei 5), he became a translator at the Edo shogunate's astronomical observatory, and translated many Dutch books. His translations include Chronicles of the Disasters in Japan, which he translated following on from Baba Sajuro, a Dutch translation of VM Golovnin's diary from his time as a prisoner in Japan; medical books such as Ipei's Treatise on the Nature of Medicine, Horn's Book on Obstetrics, Medical Collection, and Konsburg's Book on Internal Medicine; geography books such as The History of Land and Land and A Summary of the History of Land; and his translations of the Dutch translation of IV Krusenstern's Voyage of the World (The Voyage of the World) (Travels to Japan by Envoys) and Home Equipment (Use for Homes).

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…江戸時代の蘭学者，医者。松山藩主久松侯の侍医快庵の子。名は盈，字は子遠，芳滸と号した。初め家学の漢学，漢方医学を学び，のち京坂，次いで江戸に出て，馬場佐十郎，杉田玄白に師事し，蘭学，蘭方医学を学ぶ。父の死でいったん松山に帰り家督を継いだが，再び長崎，次いで江戸に遊学し，大槻玄沢，宇田川榛斎(玄真)，杉田立卿，宇田川榕菴らと交わる。1822年(文政5)幕府の天文台訳員になり，多数の蘭書を訳した。訳書は，V.M.ゴロブニンの日本幽囚中の日記の蘭訳本を馬場佐十郎の後を継いで和訳した《遭厄日本紀事》をはじめ，《依百乙（イペイ）薬性論》《訶倫（ホルン）産科書》《医学集成》《公私貌爾觚（コンスブルグ）内科書》などの医薬書，《輿地（よち）誌》《輿地誌略》などの地理書，I.V.クルーゼンシュテルンの《世界航海記》の蘭訳本を和訳した《奉使日本紀行》や《居家備用》など多数にのぼる。…

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