Doof Halma

Japanese: ドゥーフ･ハルマ

This Dutch-Japanese dictionary was created in the late Edo period. It is also known as the "Zeuf-Halma." The Dutch trading post chief H. Doeff, who was staying in Dejima, Nagasaki, instructed and encouraged Dutch interpreters using F. Halma's Dutch-French dictionary, and began compiling it in 1812 (Bunka 9). It was completed in 1833 (Tenpo 4) after Doeff returned to Japan. A clean copy was presented to the shogunate, and one copy was kept each at the Astronomical Observatory in Edo and the Nagasaki Magistrate's Office. As it was the largest and best Dutch-Japanese dictionary at the time, it was widely transcribed and used by Dutch scholars, and the way it was relied upon is detailed in Fukuzawa Yukichi's autobiography, which describes the situation at Ogata Koan's Tekijuku.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代後期に作られた蘭和辞典。《ズーフ･ハルマ》ともいう。長崎の出島に滞在したオランダ商館長H.ドゥーフがF.ハルマの蘭仏辞典によって，オランダ通詞たちを指導･督励して，1812年(文化9)編纂を開始。完成はドゥーフ帰国後の1833年(天保4)であった。清書1部は幕府に献上され，江戸の天文方と長崎奉行所に各1部備えられた。当時，最大･最良の蘭和辞典であったため，蘭学者間にさかんに転写･利用され，たよりにされたようすは，緒方洪庵の適塾の状況を述べた福沢諭吉の自伝などに詳しい。

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