Yamada Masakata

• Born: 1661
• Died: 1741
• Other Names: Yamada Sôen Hôgen

Yamada Masakata was a pediatrician appointed to the women's apartments of Edo castle in 1709. In 1712, he was granted the honorary title hôgen, typically given to physicians. His salary was 300 hyô.

References

• Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 306n168.