Tadao Shizuki

Japanese: 志筑忠雄 - しづきただお

Born in 1760. Nagasaki
[Died] July 9, 1806 (Bunka 3). A Dutch scholar in the mid-Edo period in Nagasaki. His real surname was Nakano. His given name was Eichou, later Tadao, and he was commonly known as Chujiro and Ryuho. He was the adopted son of the Dutch interpreter Shizuki Magojiro. He became a training interpreter for the Netherlands in 1776 (An'ei 5), but resigned the following year. He received instruction in Dutch from Motoki Ryoei, and made an effort to translate Dutch books. He wrote the Dutch grammar books Oran Kotohinko and Jujiko. His main translation, Rekisho Shinsho, was a translation of the Dutch translation of an astronomy book by the Englishman John Keel (1671-1721), and was the first to introduce Nicolaus Copernicus' theory of the solar system and Isaac Newton's theory of gravitation to Japan. His originality can be seen in the appendix to the book, Konton Bunban Zusetsu. In addition, works such as Bankoku Kanki, Luzhia Zhi Fu Lu, and Ikoku Ron were translations that introduced information about overseas geography and the world situation, and were transcribed and circulated.

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Japanese:

[生]宝暦10 (1760). 長崎
[没]文化3 (1806).7.9. 長崎
江戸時代中期の蘭学者。本姓中野。名は盈長，のち忠雄，通称は忠次郎，柳圃と号した。オランダ通詞志筑孫次郎の養子。安永5（1776）年にオランダ稽古通詞となったが，翌年辞職。本木良永にオランダ語の指導を受け，蘭書の翻訳に尽力。オランダ語文法書『和蘭詞品考』『助字考』を著した。主訳書『暦象新書』は，イギリス人ジョン・キール（1671～1721）の天文学書のオランダ語訳からの訳述で，ニコラウス・コペルニクスの太陽系論，アイザック・ニュートンの引力説などを初めて日本へ紹介した。その付録『混沌分判図説』に彼の独創性がみられる。また『万国管闚（ばんこくかんき）』『魯志亜志附録』『鎖国論』などは，海外地理世界情勢を翻訳紹介したもので，転写，回覧された。

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