Ogata biography
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Ogata Kōan
Japanese physician
Ogata Kōan | |
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Ogata Kōan circa 1850 | |
| Born | Ogata Koreaki (1810-08-13)August 13, 1810 Ashimori Domain, (Okayama) Japan |
| Died | July 25, 1863(1863-07-25) (aged 52) Edo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | doctor, rangaku scholar |
In this Japanese name, the surname is Ogata.
Ogata Kōan (緒方 洪庵, August 13, 1810 – July 25, 1863) was a Japanese physician and rangaku scholar in late Edo period Japan, noted for establishing an academy which later developed into Osaka University.
Ogata biography
Many of his students subsequently played important roles in the Meiji Restoration and the westernization of Japan in the Meiji period. His true name was Ogata Koreaki (緒方 惟章) or Ogata Akira (緒方 章); the name of Kōan was his courtesy name.
Biography
Ogata was born in 1810 to a family of low-ranking samurai of Ashimori Domain in Bitchū Province in what is now part of the city of Okayama. He moved to Osaka in 1825 with his father,