 Therefore, he also acknowledged their intellectual competences and sophistication and contributed to an intense exchange of cultural knowledge between Japan and Europe in the 18th century.In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Seki Takakau, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 90+ works in 150+ publications in 7 languages and 1,600+ library holdings.• 1781 – ""Bereiding van saké en soya"", in "Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen" ("Transactions of the Batavian society of arts and sciences"), Vol.