Sagara Tomoyasu

Among his childhood friends was Etō Shimpei (1834–1874) who lived nearby and also became one of the influential figures of the Meiji Restoration.

After receiving an education in traditional disciplines and Dutch-style medicine in local domain institutions, Sagara was dispatched to Nagasaki where he continued his medical studies under the Dutch doctor Anthonius Franciscus Bauduin (1820–1885)[2] and was taught English by the Dutch-American missionary Guido Verbeck.

After heavy struggles with proponents of British medicine, Sagara's concept was adopted, and in 1871 the first two German teachers (Benjamin Karl Leopold Müller and Theodor Eduard Hoffmann) arrived in Yokohama.

1 that later became the Medical Faculty of the University of Tokyo, After retiring from his various positions, his life deteriorated quickly.

His posthumous Buddhist name (kaimyo) summarizes his life: The man who had a strong will and carried out his belief (鉄心院覚道知安居士).