An Encouragement of Learning by Fukuzawa Yukichi: “Japan's civilization first came from Korea and China, then was polished by our own people's efforts into its modern shape; Western learning has distant roots, reaching back to the Horeki era (see the printed book Rangaku Koto Hajime). [auto-translated]”
Farewell by Osamu Dazai: “The large and small books the teacher brought were all Japanese works on anatomy, from ancient times to the present. Sugita Genpaku's Kaitai Shinsho and Rangaku Koto Hajime were among them, and he described in his slow, distinctive way the tension of Genpaku and his friends as they dissected a criminal's corpse at the Kozukappara… [auto-translated]”