title: The development of scholarhip in the Igakkan (2): government doctors during the Kansei reform period, as seen in Yoshino zoshi.
abstract: Yoshino zoshi has never been used in previous studies of Japanese medical history. It gives detailed information on government doctors during the time when the Igakkan was bureaucratized. It is a collection of reports of rumors written by his advisors for Matsudaira Sadanobu, the instigator of the Kansei reforms. Thus Yoshino zoshi was directly related to the formation of the reform policies. Furthermore, it reveals background stories behind official promotions and demotions, and the feelings of the individuals concerned, which are not visible in official documents. The following topics are discussed: rumors during the early Kansei Reform period; the clinical achievement reports as they related to promotions and demotions during 1788; the reputations of doctors in the service of daimyos and those serving townspeople; orders given to government doctors in 1789; the gambling scandal of Seijukan; the fall of the Nakarai family; the expanding power of Taki Rankei; the founding of the Igakkan; and the Ninomaru Seiyakujo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machi
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D007564:Japan; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*