Fukase Yōshun
Fukase Yōshun | |
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深瀬 洋春 | |
| Born | Fukase Sadayuki (深瀬 貞之) 1834 |
| Died | December 23, 1905 (aged 70–71) |
Fukase Yōshun (Japanese: 深瀬 洋春, 1834–1905) was a Japanese physician.
Biography
[edit]Fukase Yōshun was born in Hakodate as the eldest son of Fukase Kōsai Kazumoto (深瀬 鴻斉 一甫), a medical expert originally from the Yonezawa Domain in Dewa Province who moved to Hakodate in order to open a medical practice. His brother, Fukase Kōdō (深瀬 鴻堂), became the second director of the Hakodate Medical Center (箱館医学所, Hakodate igakujo) founded by Kurimoto Jō'un.[1]
Fukase studied Western medicine in Edo under Satō Takanaka.[2]
In 1857, alarmed by an epidemic of smallpox spreading rapidly among the Ainu, the shogunate commanded a small team of physicians including Fukase and Kuwata Ryūsai to enter Ezo and carry out compulsory vaccination of the Ainu populace.[3]
In his later years, Fukase returned to his hometown of Hakodate and served at the local medical outpost of the Kaitakushi.[2] He died in 1905.
References
[edit]- ^ "深瀬 洋春 Fukase Yōshun". 函館市文化・スポーツ振興財団 Foundation for Culture and Sport Promotion in Hakodate. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ a b "深瀬洋春 Fukase Yōshun". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus. 講談社 Kōdansha. 2015.
- ^ Walker, Brett L. (February 21, 2006). The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion,1590-1800 (1st ed.). United States: University of California Press. ISBN 0520248341.