kangaku
{{Short description|Pre-modern study of China in Japan}}
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{{Nihongo||漢学|Kangaku}} was the pre-modern Japanese study of China.{{Cite journal |last=MEHL |first=MARGARET |date=August 19, 2022 |title=Chinese Learning (kangaku) in Meiji Japan (1868–1912) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24425043 |journal=History|volume=85 |issue=277 |pages=48–66 |jstor=24425043 }} Kangaku was the counterpart of kokugaku and Yōgaku or Rangaku. Scholars of kangaku are called kangakusha ({{lang|ja|漢学者}}).
Kangaku and sinology
In modern Japan, sinology (Chugokugaku, 中国学, or formerly Shinagaku, 支那學) refers to Western and modern Chinese studies, whereas kangaku refers to traditional or pre-modern studies.{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=A. C. |title=Kangaku (Sinology) - Japanese Wiki Corpus |url=https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/culture/Kangaku%20(Sinology).html |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org}}
The Chinese term for sinology, 漢學, and Japanese kangaku are represented by the same Chinese characters, but in Japan a distinction is made between kangaku and sinology.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/culture/Kangaku%20(Sinology).html Kangaku (Sinology) - Japanese Wiki Corpus]
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