Japanology is the study of Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Japanology and Japanese studies are terms generally used in Europe to describe the historical and cultural study of Japan; in North America, the academic field is usually referred to as Japanese studies, which includes contemporary social sciences as well as classical humanistic fields.
European Japanology is the study of language, culture, history, literature, art, music, science, etc. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over millenia from the country's prehistoric Jomon culture to its contemporary hybrid culture which combines influences from Asia The written history of Japan begins with brief references in the 1st century AD Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts Its roots may be traced back to the Dutch at Dejima, Nagasaki in the Edo period. was a fan-shaped Artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki that was a Dutch Trading port during Japan 's self-imposed isolation ( Sakoku ( is the Capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 The foundation of the Asiatic Society of Japan at Yokohama in 1872 by men such as Ernest Satow and Frederick Victor Dickins was an important boost to this fledgling academic discipline which has since grown into an internationally respected field. Asiatic Society of Japan (Nihon Ajia Kyoukai 日本アジア協会) The Asiatic Society of Japan was founded in 1872, five years after the Meiji restoration is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area Sir Ernest Mason Satow PC, GCMG, (June 30 1843 - August 26 1929 known in Japan as アーネスト・サトウ was an outstanding British Scholar Frederick Victor Dickins (1838-1915 was a British surgeon Barrister, orientalist and university administrator