During the Meiji period, western mathematics were introduced on a full scale (The word 'wasan,' meaning Japanese mathematics, was coined around this time as a term that counters 'yosan,' or western mathematics).
明治時代に入ると、西洋数学が本格的に導入される（「和算」という語は西洋数学を表す「洋算」に対する日本数学の名で、この頃生まれた。）。