Japanologyn.
That branch of ethnology which relates to Japan, its people, history, art, etc.
ΚΠ
1888 Sat. Rev. 65 232 He was able..to place the subject on a scientific basis, and found a serious school of ‘Japanology’.
Derivatives
Japaˈnologist n. a student of Japanology.
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1881 A. Leslie tr. A. E. Nordenskiöld Voy. Vega II. xvi. 321 The learned Japanologist, Mr. E. M. Satow.
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