Japan's Edo period and the European Renaissance were seperated by hundreds of years. But in spite of that, there was a cat in Edo Japan who fit the definition of "renaissance man": the scholar, inventor, and artist known as Hiraga Gennai.
set about translating the Dutch anatomy book,
Ontleedkundige Tafelen, into Japanese...
decidiram traduzir um livro de anatomia holandês,
o "Ontleedkundige Tafelen", em japonês...