Ogata Kōan

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Ogata.
Statue of Koan Ogata at his birthplace in Okayama
Statue of Koan Ogata at his birthplace in Okayama

Ogata Kōan (緒方洪庵; August 13, 1810 - July 25, 1863) was a Japanese physician who lived in the Edo period.

He is well-known for importing Western medical knowledge into Japan during Japan's isolationist era (see Rangaku), and for establishing the Tekijuku (適塾) school that later developed into Osaka University in 1938.

[edit] Famous alumni

Alumni of the Tekijuku include Fukuzawa Yukichi, Ōmura Masujirō, Otori Keisuke, Takeda Ayasaburō, and the manga artist Tezuka Osamu's ancestor Tezuka Ryōan.

[edit] Books

He was the author of "Byogakutsūron" (病学通論), which was the first book on pathology to be published in Japan.

[edit] External links


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