Onchisha - Onchisha

Japanese: 温知社 - おんちしゃ

One of the groups of Kampo doctors who resisted the Meiji government's policy of adopting Western medicine and campaigned for the survival of Kampo medicine. In 1875, Western medicine (the so-called seven Western subjects) was added as a subject for the medical license examination, and the movement to preserve Kampo medicine began when Kampo medicine was effectively no longer recognized in the system. One of these groups was the founding of the Onchi-sha, which was established on March 10, 1879, by Tokyo Kampo doctor Yamada Norihiro and others who gathered together their comrades and established the company in Tokyo. They called for support from all over the country, published the journal Onchi-i-dan, and further launched the movement by establishing the Japanese and Chinese Medicine Training Center (later the Onchi Medical School) to train the next generation.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

明治政府の西洋医学採用方針に抵抗して漢方医学の存続運動をはかった漢方医の団体の一つ。1875年医師開業試験科目として西洋医学(いわゆる西洋七科)が課せられ，漢方医が制度上実質的に認められなくなったのに端を発して漢方医存続運動が起こった。その一つが温知社の設立で，79年3月10日に東京の漢方医山田業広らが同志をつのって東京に設立して全国に呼びかけ，機関誌《温知医談》を発行，さらに後進の育成のために和漢医学講習所(のちの温知医学校)を設置して運動を展開した。

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