worked at

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Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium The Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium (or National Sanatorium Okinawa Airakuen) is a sanatorium for current or former leprosy patients in Nago, Okinawa, Japan that was established in 1938. History History before the sanatorium Major events On Nove ...

, Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium and studied the history of

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Life

He was born at a Buddhist temple on January 26, 1905, in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. He became a Christian later. After graduation from Chiba Prefectural Horticulture School, he worked at Zensho Hospital. He later went to Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium following

Kensuke Mitsuda was a Japanese leprologist and director of the Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium (1914–1931) and the National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien (1931–1957). He had been at the frontier of leprosy policy of Japan. He was given the Order of Cultural Merits (1 ...

. In 1938, he was appointed the first manager of

. In 1941, he worked at Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium and later at Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium. On September 3, 1949, he died.

Greening and manager

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, Einosuke Shionuma, Isamu Tajiri and Kouzou Fujita. He was appointed the first manager of

and started with digging wells.

Works on the history of leprosy in Japan

*History of salvation of leprosy patients in Japan *Materials of salvation of leprosyHidani Umarete p116 *About the legend of

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who sucked the pus of a leper * Kukai(771-835) and leprosy *The story of chaulmoogra oil *A visit to the home of Heibei Okamura *Ninsei Risshi, a priest of salvation of leprosy patients *Nishiyama Komyoin, the last medieval leprosy house *A visit to

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and

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leprosy conditions *Leprosy in Kuan Tung Province, China. *''Korean leprosy conditions'' was his record of visit he went with

.Hidani Umarete p271

The Medical Certificate of the last woman with leprosy at Nishiyama Komyoin

*Miyagawa recorded valuable medieval leprosy records, among which was a medical certificate of Nishiyama Naka (not real name) at age 37 on November 1, 1881, by Misao Kusuda. **Medical Certificate. Nishiyama Naka, age 37. Constitution: medium. Cause: unknown. Diagnosis: Lepra(例布羅). Symptoms: Extremities were paralyzed. Muscles and Joints; Bleeding and Pustulating. Coughing was severe. Course:10 years. Treatment: none. Prognosis: poor. Diagnosing Doctor:Misao Kusuda. **She was born to a rich man in Yamato-Takaichi-gun, and possessed land. She died in 1916 as the last inhabitant of the Nishiyama Komyoin.

References

*Hakaru Miyagawa ''Born in Hida District'' 1977 edited by Chika Nawa and Osamu Chiba *Shun'ichi Yamamoto, A history of leprosy in Japan, 1993, University of Tokyo Press,

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyagawa Hakaru Japanese leper hospital administrators People from Gifu Prefecture 1905 births 1949 deaths