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*''Died: [[1716]]''
*''Died: [[1716]]''
Engelbert Kaempfer, a native of Germany, served as the chief medical officer for the [[Dutch East India Company]] on [[Dejima]] from [[1690]]-[[1692]].
Engelbert Kaempfer, a native of Germany, served as the chief medical officer for the [[Dutch East India Company]] on [[Dejima]] from [[1690]]-[[1692]]. He accompanied the head of the Dutch factory on a mission to [[Edo]] for the first time in [[1691]].<ref>Ronald Toby, ''Engaging the Other'' (Brill, 2019), 161.</ref>
He traveled to Japan originally as physician attached to the Swedish embassy, but soon joined the Dutch East India Company. He had a talent for languages, and learned Japanese rather quickly. During his brief time in Japan, he interacted with many Japanese scholars and students, engaging in much cultural and informational exchange. Kaempfer also published a number of materials on his experiences in Japan, introducing various elements of Japanese knowledge to the West. Among these was ''Amoenitatum Exoticarum'', published in Germany in [[1712]], which contained the first description in a European publication of Japanese soybeans, and the most detailed description yet of the processes of producing [[miso]] and [[soy sauce]].
He traveled to Japan originally as physician attached to the Swedish embassy, but soon joined the Dutch East India Company. He had a talent for languages, and learned Japanese rather quickly. During his brief time in Japan, he interacted with many Japanese scholars and students, engaging in much cultural and informational exchange. Kaempfer also published a number of materials on his experiences in Japan, introducing various elements of Japanese knowledge to the West. Among these was ''Amoenitatum Exoticarum'', published in Germany in [[1712]], which contained the first description in a European publication of Japanese soybeans, and the most detailed description yet of the processes of producing [[miso]] and [[soy sauce]].
*Marc Jason Gilbert. "[http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/3.3/gilbert.html Paper Trails: Deshima Island: A Stepping Stone between Civilizations]." ''World History Connected'' 3.3 (2006). Accessed 4 Jan. 2013.
*Marc Jason Gilbert. "[http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/3.3/gilbert.html Paper Trails: Deshima Island: A Stepping Stone between Civilizations]." ''World History Connected'' 3.3 (2006). Accessed 4 Jan. 2013.
*"Dutch audience with the shogun, from ''History of Japan''", gallery label, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20701578450/sizes/l]
*"Dutch audience with the shogun, from ''History of Japan''", gallery label, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20701578450/sizes/l]
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