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Inamura Sampaku was born in 1758.
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also known as
Zuio Unagami
Career
Inamura Sampaku studied Dutch in Edo (now Tokyo) and was appointed physician to Lord Ikeda of Tottori Prefecture. Later changed his name to Zuio Unagami. Compiled the Harma Dutch-Japanese Dictionary. This was the first foreign language dictionary to be published in Japan.
