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-Westfalen. Chief Editors: Detlef Haberland (Bonn), Wolfgang Michel (Fukoka), Elisabeth Goessmann (Tokyo/Muenchen) # Medico-pharmaceutical imports during the Edo and early Meiji era. Four years research as part of the priority area project A (Ministry of Education and Science): Systematical inventory and research of historical materials relating to Science and technology in premodern Japan (Edo no monozukuri ["The State of Art in the Edo-Era"]) [ Project Homepage (Japanese) ] [Japanese Outline] # "Dutch Studies" in the feudal domain of Nakatsu. A four years project focussing on the sources of the Archive of the Murakami-Family (Murakami-ike Shiryokan) and other unpublished materials kept in Nakatsu (Oita prefecture). [Grant by the City of Nakatsu]