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[Letters of Sadaaki Kanezawa as resources for medical history]

Higuchi S.

Sadaaki Kanezawa was one of the people responsible for the Kamakura HÃ´jÃ´ feudal government. He is considered to have been a man of high cultural sense, and greatly contributed to bringing Kanezawa ShÃ´myÃ´ji Temple and Kanezawa Bunko to prosperity. His letters to his family show his affection and love. He also left many letters to Ken-a, the second Elder of Kanezawa ShÃ´myÃ´ji Temple. These letters relate the names of diseases of that time and different kinds of treatments and care, folk remedies, and the like. They are highly valuable materials for the study of medical history in Japan.