Ranbiki

[Paul Ferguson]

"In 1672, six Japanese interpreters compiled a detailed, illustrated report describing the production of a series of pharmaceutical oils. They had gathered their information from a European pharmacist at Dejima, the Dutch trading post where the distillations were performed. For the first time, a technology with which to refine oil was introduced to Japan, together with Western distillation apparatus that, for that time, was rather sophisticated."


http://wolfgangmichel.web.fc2.com/publ/aufs/72/072.htm