With the country slowly opening up to foreign influence, the study of rangaku--imported knowledge from the Netherlands--provided by be a source of inspiration that would result in major revolutions in Japanese medicine. And at the center of it all was the medicine-minded cat, Sugita Genpaku!
He's a very serious cat. He probably didn't
 want his name on an imperfect translation.
Por ser muy serio quizás no haya querido
su nombre en una traducción imperfecta.
Ele é um gato muito sério. Talvez não quis
envolver seu nome numa tradução imperfeita.