Ryo Kitamura's house

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[Japan]
In Japan, theories and treatments of mental illness based on ancient Chinese medical books have been passed down since the provisions of the Taiho Code, which came into force in 702, but it was not until the mid-Edo period that they were fully organized into an academic system. Notable contributions include those by Kagawa Shutoku, who detailed mental illness in volume 5 of the 22-volume set of Ippon-do Gyoyoigen (1807, Bunka 4); Tamura Gensen, who developed a unique theory of heart disease in Therapeutic Tea Talk (1808); Nakagami Kinkei, who used vomiting as a kind of shock therapy for mental illness; and Kitamura Ryotaku, his disciple who wrote Vomiting Theory (1817). In particular, Tsuchida Ken (Tsukukyo), who made a name for himself by treating more than 1,000 mentally ill people in Edo over a ten-year period, is regarded as Japan's first psychiatric specialist, and his compilation of his treatment experiences in The Experiences of Epilepsy and Mania (1819, Bunsei 2) is considered Japan's first psychiatric specialist book.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kitamura Yoshitaku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

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［日本］
　日本でも，中国の古医書をもとにした精神病の理論と治療は702年施行の〈大宝令〉の規定以来受けつがれてきたが，これが一応の学問的体系を完成するのは江戸時代中葉である。《一本堂行余医言》全22巻(1807∥文化4)の巻五で精神病を詳述した香川修徳，《療治茶談》(1808)で独特の心疾論を展開した田村玄仙，吐方を一種のショック療法として精神病に用いた中神琴渓，その門下で《吐方論》(1817)を著した喜多村良宅らの貢献が注目される。とりわけ，江戸で10年間に1000人以上の精神病者を治療して名をあげた土田献(翼卿)は日本で最初の精神科専門医と目され，その治療経験をまとめた《癲癇狂経験編》(1819∥文政2)は日本最初の精神医学専門書とみなされる。…

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