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English: According to van Gulik's translation, this is the account of what may have been the first ever visit of a gibbon to Japan. Van Gulik translates Kenkadō's text as follows: "In the winter of the sixth year of the Bunko era (1809), a gibbon was shown in Osaka, in the Dōtombori ward (S.W. of Tennōji Park, today still the pleasure quarter of Osaka. v.G.). Although we have heard the word "gibbon" since olden times, and seen pictures of him, we never had seen a live specimen, and therefore a large crowd assembled to see this gibbon. Generally he resembled a large macaque, and figure and fur are very similar. The face is black, the fur grey with a touch of brown. The Hollander "Captain" Hendrik Doeff who was then staying here said that this gibbon occurs on the island of Java where it is called "wau-wau". Truly an extraordinary sight!" According to Gulik, "wau-wau" refers in Indonesia to the species Hylobates Moloch; it must have been brought to Japan on a Dutch ship.