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*''Born: [[1724]]''

*''Born: [[1724]]''

*''Died: [[1800]]''

*''Died: [[1800]]/8/16''

*''Other Names'': 吉雄耕牛 ''(Yoshio Kougyuu)''

*''Other Names'': 吉雄耕牛 ''(Yoshio Kougyuu)''

*''Japanese'': 吉雄幸作 ''(Yoshio Kousaku)''

*''Japanese'': 吉雄幸作 ''(Yoshio Kousaku)''

Yoshio Kôsaku was a ''[[Rangaku]]'' expert and one of the chief official Dutch translators stationed in [[Nagasaki]]. This position was passed down within the [[Yoshio family]], and their house, which came to contain a great many Dutch/Western artifacts over the years, was sometimes known as ''Kômô yashiki'' ("the Dutch mansion," or "Mansion of Red-Hairs").

Yoshio Kôsaku was a ''[[Rangaku]]'' expert and one of the chief official Dutch translators stationed in [[Nagasaki]]. This position was passed down within the [[Yoshio family]], and their house, which came to contain a great many Dutch/Western artifacts over the years, was sometimes known as ''Kômô yashiki'' ("the Dutch mansion," or "Mansion of Red-Hairs"). Kôsaku is also known for writing a preface for the ''[[Katai shinsho]]''.

 

Kôsaku inherited the position of official Dutch translator in [[1748]]. He studied Dutch medicine under the ''[[opperhoofd]]'' (head) of the [[Dutch East India Company]] base in Nagasaki, and started his own "Kôsaku school/style" of medicine. His students included [[Maeno Ryotaku|Maeno Ryôtaku]] and [[Sugita Genpaku]], and he met with numerous ''Rangakusha'' who traveled to meet him and learn more firsthand about the Dutch, including [[Furukawa Koshoken|Furukawa Koshôken]] and [[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]].

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