OTSUKA Yoshinori: The Knowledge and the Man as seen through his Personal Library

  • MACHI Senjuro
    Department of Medical History, Oriental Medicine Research Center of the Kitasato Institute
  • KOSOTO Hiroshi
    Department of Medical History, Oriental Medicine Research Center of the Kitasato Institute
  • HANAWA Toshihiko
    Department of Medical History, Oriental Medicine Research Center of the Kitasato Institute

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  • 蔵書からみた大塚敬節の学問と人
  • ゾウショ カラ ミタ オオツカ ヨシノリ ノ ガクモン ト ヒト

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On one hand a matchless Kampo clinician, on the other a dedicated collector of antique books, Otsuka Yoshinori (1900-1980) left for posterity his immense personal library: The Shukindo bunko. We at the Medical History Department (Kitasato Research Institute) have organized and catalogued Otsuka's library. In addition to our announcement of the completion of the catalogue, we wish to introduce a summary of his life and his collection.<br>I. Brief biography/achievements/the person<br>1) the origins of the Shukindo, 2) medical specialization in Kumamoto, 3) opening a clinic in Kochi, 4) to the capital to study Kampo, 5) clinical research and educational pursuits, 6) the dispersal of the library during the war and the post-war Nishi Ogikubo years.<br>II. Shukindo bunko<br>1) the order of things, 2) the special nature of the collection, 3) the prominence of the ‘Shang Han Lun’ and ‘Jin Kui Yao Lue’ texts, 4)the substantiality of the Koho-school, 5)the Gosei-school; the Kosho-school; acupuncture and moxibustion texts.

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  • Kampo Medicine

    Kampo Medicine 54 (4), 749-762, 2003

    The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine

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