Tashiro Sanki

Tashiro Sanki (田代 三喜, 1465–1537) was a Japanese doctor of kampo and the founder of the Gosei-ha school of medicine.

[1] Tashiro studied abroad in China between 1487 and 1498, and returned to Japan with new ideas regarding medicine.

[2] He promulgated the use of medicine for emotional disorders.

[3] Tashiro's workbooks were written in a cryptic style, using uncommon characters and terminology, in order to preserve the secrets of his school for initiates only.

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