Satsuma dictionary

Monument commemorating the Satsuma dictionary, at the former site of Kagoshima castle

• Published: 1869
• Other Names: 改正増補和訳英辞書 (kaisei zouho wayaku ei jisho)
• Japanese: 薩摩辞書 (Satsuma jisho)

The Satsuma dictionary, published in 1869, was one of the first Japanese-English dictionaries. It was an expansion of the Eiwa taiyaku shûchin jisho ("English-Japanese Pocket Dictionary") produced by the Kaiseijo (shogunate school of foreign studies). It was compiled by Takahashi Shinkichi and Maeda Seikoku, students at the Satsuma han han school, and published in Shanghai. The dictionary used katakana to indicate the pronunciation of English words.

References

• "Satsuma jisho," Digital Daijisen, Shogakukan.