The Rise of Japanese Medical Renaissance and New Interpretation of Confucianism in Edo Period / 日本東洋医学雑誌

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.