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*''Japanese'': 順天堂 ''(Juntendou)''

*''Japanese'': 順天堂 ''(Juntendou)''

The Juntendô was a [[Rangaku]] school in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]], [[Shimousa province]] (today, [[Chiba prefecture]]), founded in [[1843]] by [[Sato Taizen|Satô Taizen]]. It was perhaps the foremost site in [[Edo period]] Japan for the study, and actual practice, of Dutch (Western) medicine.

The Juntendô was a [[Rangaku]] school in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]], [[Shimousa province]] (today, [[Chiba prefecture]]), founded in [[1843]] by [[Sato Taizen|Satô Taizen]] ([[1804]]-[[1872]]). It was perhaps the foremost site in [[Edo period]] Japan for the study, and practice, of Dutch (Western) medicine.

==History==

==History==

The school was founded in Sakura after Satô Taizen returned to [[Edo]] from studying in [[Nagasaki]] for a time; he originally established a school in Edo, but then relocated to Sakura. His curriculum centered around not only the study of Dutch medicine, but also hands-on practice and experience, including the practice of internal surgery. The school attracted students from all over the Japanese archipelago.

The school was founded in Sakura, at a site along the [[Narita kaido|Narita kaidô]], at the invitation of [[Sakura han]] ''daimyô'' [[Hotta Masayoshi]]. After studying in [[Nagasaki]] for a time, Satô Taizen had originally established a school in [[Edo]], but then relocated to Sakura, turning over control of his Edo school to [[Hayashi Dokai|Hayashi Dôkai]]. In [[1858]], the school was rebuilt at its current location, across the street from the original location. Taizen's curriculum, implemented largely through the use of imported books, centered not only around the study of Dutch medicine but also on hands-on practice and experience, including the practice of internal surgery, as well as the study of the Dutch language. The school attracted students from all over the Japanese archipelago.

Taizen's adopted son [[Sato Takanaka|Satô Takanaka]]<!--佐藤尚中--> (Yamaguchi Shunkai<!--山口舜海-->) studied medicine in Nagasaki with the Dutch military doctor [[Johannes Lijdius Catharinus Pompe van Meerdervoort|Pompe]], and then came to the Juntendô, where he took in a systematic medical education, studying and developing methods which continued to play a prominent role in how medicine was practiced in the [[Meiji period]].

Taizen's adopted son [[Sato Takanaka|Satô Takanaka]]<!--佐藤尚中--> (Yamaguchi Shunkai<!--山口舜海-->) studied medicine in Nagasaki with the Dutch military doctor [[Johannes Lijdius Catharinus Pompe van Meerdervoort|Pompe]], and then came to the Juntendô, where he took in a systematic medical education, studying and developing methods which continued to play a prominent role in how medicine was practiced in the [[Meiji period]]. He became head of the school upon Taizen's retirement in [[1859]].

Following the [[Meiji Restoration]], the new [[Meiji government]] invited Takanaka to establish and run a medical school in [[Tokyo]]. The school, established in [[1869]], was called the ''daigaku tôkô'', or "University East School," and later developed into the Medical School of the [[University of Tokyo]]; in [[1873]], Takanaka then also established the Juntendô-iin (Juntendô Clinic) in [[Ochanomizu]], and Juntendô University. The latter was later inherited by [[Sato Susumu|Satô Susumu]] (Takawa Kaiseki), another adoptee into the [[Sato family (Juntendo)|Satô family]]. Meanwhile, the Sakura Juntendô passed into the hands of Takanaka's adopted son, [[Sato Shunkai|Satô Shunkai]]<!--佐藤舜海--> (Okamoto Dôan<!--岡本道庵-->)

Following the [[Meiji Restoration]], the new [[Meiji government]] invited Takanaka to establish and run a medical school in [[Tokyo]]. The school, established in [[1869]], was called the ''daigaku tôkô'', or "University East School," and later developed into the Medical School of the [[University of Tokyo]]; in [[1873]], Takanaka then also established the Juntendô-iin (Juntendô Clinic) in [[Ochanomizu]], and Juntendô University. The latter was later inherited by [[Sato Susumu|Satô Susumu]] (Takawa Kaiseki), another adoptee into the [[Sato family (Juntendo)|Satô family]]. Meanwhile, the Sakura Juntendô passed into the hands of Takanaka's adopted son, [[Sato Shunkai|Satô Shunkai]]<!--佐藤舜海--> (Okamoto Dôan<!--岡本道庵-->)

The building which survives today and is maintained as a historical site was originally built in [[1858]] on the opposite side of the street, and was just one part of a larger Juntendô complex.

The surviving Juntendô buildings were named a prefectural cultural asset in 1975, and were repaired and reopened as the Sakura Juntendô Memorial Buildings museum in 1985.

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==References==

==References==

*Plaques and gallery labels on-site at the Sakura Juntendô Memorial Hall.

*Plaques and gallery labels on-site at the Sakura Juntendô Memorial Hall.

==External Links==

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