By John H. Sagers (auth.)
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The Dutch were allowed to maintain the strictly regulated outpost as an exception to the general Tokugawa policy preventing Japanese interaction with Westerners. In the early eighteenth century, the shogun permitted the circulation of Dutch texts and soon Japanese scholars of Dutch Learning (rangaku) were studying Western geography, science, and particularly medicine. Shigehide soon developed a deep interest in Dutch Learning and Particularly medicine. Shigehide soon developed a deep interest in Dutch Learning and established institutions in Satsuma to engage in further research.
24 This showed a comprehensive view of political economy that included all elements of statecraft, which should be derived from studying the 24 ● Origins of Japanese Wealth and Power creative spirit of the ancient sages. ”25 For Dazai, the important function of a ruler was to bring order to the realm. Consequently, he believed that the Legalists in the classical Chinese tradition had made a greater contribution to their civilization than later Confucian historians gave them credit: It is the sovereign’s work to bring wealth to the country and strengthen the military, which is none other than the Way of the Two Empires and Three Kingdoms.
Satsuma’s size, power, and distance from Japan’s political centers allowed the Shimazu to largely ignore these mandates. Samurai remained dispersed throughout the territory. 5 Regions within Satsuma had their own castles, were semiautonomous, and were required to be self-sufficient in their grain production. Regional lords controlled fiefs and maintained their own samurai retainers whom they were ready to lead in battle in the Shimazu’s service. The Shimazu controlled their vassals with a series of measures quite similar to those used by the Tokugawa in the rest of Japan.