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[[File:Tsuboi-graves.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The grave of Tsuboi Shinryô (right), alongside that of his son [[Tsuboi Shogoro|Tsuboi Shôgorô]], and Shôgorô's wife Naoko, at [[Somei Cemetery]] in Tokyo]]
*''Born: [[1823]]/8/28''
*''Died: [[1904]]/11/9''
*''Japanese'': [[坪井]]信良 ''(Tsuboi Shinryou)''

Tsuboi Shinryô was a ''[[Rangaku]]'' medical scholar of the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, and the father of [[Tsuboi Shogoro|Tsuboi Shôgorô]], known as one of the "fathers" of Japanese anthropology.

Shinryô was born in Takaoka, [[Etchu province|Etchû province]], the second son of [[Sado Yojun|Sado Yôjun]]<!--佐渡養順-->. He began studying medicine under [[Koishi Genzui]] in [[Kyoto]] in [[1840]], and later studied under [[Tsuboi Shindo|Tsuboi Shindô]] in [[Edo]] and [[Ogata Koan|Ogata Kôan]] in [[Osaka]], before being adopted by Tsuboi Shindô in [[1844]]/9.

He later served as domain physician and educator at the [[han school]] of [[Fukui han]], under lord of Fukui, [[Matsudaira Shungaku]], before becoming an assistant scholar at the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogunate's]] ''[[Bansho shirabesho]]''. He became a physician in service to the shogunate in [[1864]], and was shortly afterwards bestowed the title of ''hôgen''.

Shinryô established the first medical magazine in Japan in [[1873]], the ''Waran iji zasshi'', and published a number of other works as well over the course of his career. The magazine lasted 43 issues, ending in December [[1875]]. Meanwhile, Shinryô was named head of the Tokyo Prefectural Hospital in December [[1874]], and retired three years later.

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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9D%AA%E4%BA%95%E4%BF%A1%E8%89%AF Tsuboi Shinryô]," Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten, Asahi Shimbunsha.

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