Aki Morisada

Japanese: 安芸守定 - あきもりさだ

?-? A doctor during the Nanboku-cho period.
In 1358 (the 13th year of the Shohei era), he was present at the birth of Yoshiko Kino, the wife of the second Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiakira, and helped her safely deliver a boy (who later became the third Shogun, Yoshimitsu). For this achievement, he became the head of medicine, and during the Kakyou era, he was appointed Daizennosuke. He is considered the founder of gynecologists. His descendants were in charge of childbirth in the Ashikaga family for generations.

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Japanese:

?－?　南北朝時代の医師。
延文3=正平(しょうへい)13年(1358)2代将軍足利義詮(よしあきら)の室紀良子(きの-よしこ)のお産に立ちあい,無事男子(のちの3代将軍義満)を出産させる。その功により尚薬(くすりのかみ)となり,嘉慶(かきょう)年間に大膳亮(だいぜんのすけ)に任ぜられた。婦人科医の祖とされる。子孫は代々足利家の産事をつかさどった。

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