*1946, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
* Magister Artium (Ostasiatische Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften);
* Ph.D. (Cultural Science)
* Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Lecturer, Ass. Prof., Prof., Dean, Vice President)
* Professor emeritus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (since April 2010)
* Research Associate KEN-I-KAI, Tokyo (since April 2010)
* Permanent Board Member, Japanese Society for the History of Medicine
* Research Topics: History of Euro-Asian cultural exchange; Medicine and allied sciences in the history of East-West cultural exchange; History of “Dutch Learning” (rangaku) and “Western Studies” (yōgaku) in Early Modern Japan; Medicine in early modern Japan;
Japan Society for Medical History Member of the Advisory Board (1996-2000), Member of the Executive Board (2000-2008), Member of the Permanent Executive Board (since 2008)
Society for Western Studies in Japan Member of the Advisory Board (2000-2006), Member of the Executive Board (2002-2006), President (2003-2005)
Wolfgang Michel: Intercultural Encounters - On the "Audiences" of the Dejima "opperhoofd". Yôgakushi Kenkyû - Journal of the History of Western Learning, No. 15 (Tokyo, April 1998), pp. 1 - 11.「異文化との出会い ー オランダ・カピタンの謁見について」『洋学史研究』第１５号、１９９８年４月、１〜１１頁。
Neue Materialien zum medizinischen Personal der VOC-Niederlassungen
Wolfgang Michel
(10) 179-194 1998
Ibunka to no deai -- Oranda kapitan no "ekken" ni tsuite [Intercultural Encounters -- On the "Audiences" of the Dejima "opperhoofd"]
Wolfgang Michel
Yogakushi Kenkyu -- Journal of the History of Western Learning (15) 1-11 1998
Intercultural Encounters - On the "Audiences" of the Dejima "Opperhoofd"
Journal of the History of Western Learning (15) 1-11 1998
ヴォルフガング・ミヒェル「エンゲルベルト・ケンペルからみた日本語」『洋学史研究』第１３号、１９９６年４月、１９〜５４頁。Wolfgang Michel: The Japanese Language as seen by Engelbert Kaempfer. Yôgakushi Kenkyû - Western Studies, No. 13 (Tokyo, 1996), pp.19 - 54.・Kaempfers Ansichten zur Herkunft der japanische...
Engeruberuto Kenperu kara mita Nihongo [The Japanese Language in the View of Engelbert Kaempfer]
Wolfgang Michel
Yogakushi Kenkyu - Journal of the History of Western Learning (13) 19-54 1996
The Japanese Language in the View of Engelbert Kaempfer
Wolfgang Michel
Journal of the History of Western Learning (13) 19-54 1996
On Caspar Schamberger and Caspar-Style Surgery (II)
Wolfgang Michel
Journal of the Japanese Society of Medical History 42(4) 21-45 1996
On Caspar Schamberger and Caspar-Style Surgery (I)
Wolfgang Michel
Journal of the Japanese Society of Medical History 42(3) 41-65 1996
Hans Juriaen Hanko-ein Breslauer in Japan
Wolfgang Michel
Dokufutsu Bungaku Kenkyu - Studien zur deutschen und französischen Literatur (46) 59-88 1996
On the German Dejima factory surgeon Hans Jurian Hanko (17c. )
Studies in Language and Literature (7) 83-96 1996
On the manuscript 'Recipes of Dutch Surgery' and the Confucian scholar Mukai Gensho
Bulletin of the Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies (2) 75-79 1996
Bastaardt Woordenboek (Dutch Edition / Japanese Version)
MICHEL, Wolfgang (Michel-Zaitsu)
Board of Education, Nakatsu City Mar 2018
Nakatsu Municipal Museum for History and Folklore, Medical Archive Series No. 17
[commentary pp.1-62, pp.text 63-440 pp.]
Traditionelle Medizin in Japan - Von der Frühzeit bis zur Gegenwart
MICHEL, Wolfgang (Michel-Zaitsu)
Kiener Sep 2017 ISBN:978-3-943324-75-4
This book is tracing the history of traditional Japanese medicine from its early beginning to the 20th century. It shows how Japanese physicians and scholar managed to emancipate from Chinese medicine and developed a dynamic type of 'traditional m...
Analysis and publication of the Japan-related manuscript materials of Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Research linked to the edition of Kaempfers works under the auspice of the Engelbert Kaempfer Society, the City of Lemgo and the Land Nordrhein-Westfa・・・
Analysis and publication of the Japan-related manuscript materials of Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Research linked to the edition of Kaempfers works under the auspice of the Engelbert Kaempfer Society, the City of Lemgo and the Land Nordrhein-W...
■ Early Japanese glossaries of Western scientific terms.
This research focusses on 17th century manuscripts related to medicine and pharmaceutics.
■ On the introduction of Western Medicine and related disciplines in 17th century Japan
Research on Souther Barbarian style surgery (Nanban-ryû geka), the birth of Redhead style surgery (Kômô-ryû geka), Japanese imports of Materia medica, Caspar Schamb・・・
■ On the introduction of Western Medicine and related disciplines in 17th century Japan
Research on Souther Barbarian style surgery (Nanban-ryû geka), the birth of Redhead style surgery (Kômô-ryû geka), Japanese imports of Materia medica, Caspar S...
■ Dutch Studies (Rangaku) in the feudal domain of Nakatsu.
■ Medico-pharmaceutical imports during the Edo and early Meiji era.
