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]]. | 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]]. |