The Rise of Japanese Medical Renaissance and New Interpretation of Confucianism in Edo Period
10.3937/kampomed.61.889
- VernacularTitle:古医方の勃興と古義学・古文辞学・古学
- Author:
Katsutoshi TERASAWA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Ancient Chinese Prescriptions;
Kampo medicine;
history;
Kogigaku (Studies[or Interpretation]of Ancient Confucian Classics);
Studies of Ancient Rhetoric
- From:Kampo Medicine
2010;61(7):889-896
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Modern Kampo medicine is mainly based on a restoration of ancient Chinese medicine which occurred in the Edo period in Japan. This historical event rose under the influence of a Confucian renaissance, resulting the exclusion of metaphysics. This report intends to clarify the correlation between these two new cultural movements, and to outline the characteristics of Kampo medicine from a historical perspective.
