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* ''Birth: [[1802]]''

* ''Birth: [[1802]]''

* ''Death: [[1850]]''

* ''Death: [[1850]]''

Takano Chôei was a scholar of Western learning during the [[Sakoku]] of the [[Edo Period]].  He studied Western medicine under a Dutchman by the name of von Siebold at [[Nagasaki]], and was interested in politics and economics as well.

Takano Chôei was a scholar of Western learning during the [[Sakoku]] of the [[Edo Period]].  He studied Western medicine under the German doctor [[Philipp von Siebold]] of the Dutch mission at [[Nagasaki]], and was interested in politics and economics as well.

In [[1839]], Chôei was rounded up with many other western scholars and sentenced to life in prison.  While in prison he wrote a treatise on Western learning in Japan called ''Bansha Sôyaku Shôki'' (A Short Record of a Meeting with Misfortune).  The book examines the history of Western knowledge entering Japan from the [[Sengoku Period]] to the 1830's.  He eventually escaped prison, but committed suicide rather than live the rest of his life as a fugitive.

In [[1839]], Chôei was rounded up with many other western scholars and sentenced to life in prison.  While in prison he wrote a treatise on Western learning in Japan called ''Bansha Sôyaku Shôki'' (A Short Record of a Meeting with Misfortune).  The book examines the history of Western knowledge entering Japan from the [[Sengoku Period]] to the 1830's.  He eventually escaped prison, but committed suicide rather than live the rest of his life as a fugitive.