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Japanese studies
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Japanese studies
Japanese Studies
or
Japan Studies
(sometimes
Japanology
in
Europe
) is a division of
area studies
or
East Asian studies
involved in social sciences and humanities research on
Japan
. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese
language
,
culture
,
history
,
literature
,
art
,
music
, and
science
. Its roots may be traced back to the Dutch at
Dejima
,
Nagasaki
in the
Edo period
. The foundation of the
Asiatic Society of Japan
at
Yokohama
in 1872 by men such as
Ernest Satow
and
Frederick Victor Dickins
was an important event in the development of Japanese studies as an academic discipline.
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