is the founder of

Shiatsu ''Shiatsu'' ( ; ) is a form of Japanese bodywork based on concepts in traditional Chinese medicine such as qi meridians. Having been popularized in the twentieth century by Tokujiro Namikoshi (1905–2000), ''shiatsu'' derives from the older ...

therapy. p. 193.

Biography

At the age of seven, he discovered His

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pressure method while treating his mother's

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. He named this method "Shiatsu". In 1940, he established the Japan Shiatsu College in Tokyo. Many of his graduates now practice in Japan and overseas. Some of these graduates have popularized their own styles, called Derivative Shiatsu, such as Tadashi Izawa of Meridian Shiatsu and Shizuto Masunaga of Zen Shiatsu. Also Hiroshi Nozaki who began the Hiron Shiatsu branch which is a holistic school of Shiatsu popular in Switzerland, France and Italy. Namikoshi also established the Japan Shiatsu Association in 1947. He died at age 95 in 2000.

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Important Dates in the History of Namikoshi Shiatsu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Namikoshi, Tokujiro 1905 births 2000 deaths Shiatsu People from Kagawa Prefecture