Shitsuki Tadao (志筑忠雄)

Tadao SHITSUKI (1760 - August 16, 1806) was a Dutch scholar and Dutch interpreter in Nagasaki in the Edo period.

He was born as a son of the Nakano family and adopted by Shitsuki family. After he resigned as an interpreter, he called himself Ryuho NAKANO and pursued Western studies and astronomy while training many pupils.

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