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Yamamura Saisuke was a ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar, known for his writings on India.

Yamamura Saisuke was a ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar, known for his writings on India.

In [[1804]], he compiled an expanded and revised version of [[Arai Hakuseki|Arai Hakuseki's]] ''Sairan igen'' ([[1713]]), entitled ''Teisei zôyaku Sairan igen'' (訂正増訳采覧異言), which included descriptions of Indian geography, religion, and the caste system. This was one of the first major works published in Japan to not describe India as a Buddhist country.

In [[1804]], he compiled an expanded and revised version of [[Arai Hakuseki|Arai Hakuseki's]] ''[[Sairan igen]]'' ([[1713]]), entitled ''Teisei zôyaku Sairan igen'' (訂正増訳采覧異言), which included descriptions of Indian geography, religion, and the caste system. This was one of the first major works published in Japan to not describe India as a Buddhist country.

In [[1807]], Saisuke wrote ''Indoshi'' ("Notes on India"), a translation of a Dutch version of a German geography by Johannes Hübner; this was the most detailed description of India ever yet written in Japan.

In [[1807]], Saisuke wrote ''Indoshi'' ("Notes on India"), a translation of a Dutch version of a German geography by Johannes Hübner; this was the most detailed description of India ever yet written in Japan.