Yōgakushi Gakkai
Yōgakushi Gakkai (The Society for the History of Western Learning in Japan / SHWLJ, ) is a learned society, founded in 1991,Its predecessor was the “Research Association for Dutch Study Materials” (Rangakushiryō Kenkyūkai ), which published mimeograph prints of rare source materials etc. since the mid 1950s that aims to promote the study of the History of “Western Learning” (Yōgaku) in Japan during the Edo- and early Meiji-era, its place within the history of thought and science, and its relation to cultural, social, and political movements.