Manase Dōsan

was a Japanese physician and anatomist.

Early life and education

Dōsan was born in Kyoto and initially trained to become a monk. However, in his early twenties he began studying medicine under Tashiro Sanki. He enrolled at the Ashikaga School of Medicine, and continued his studies for 17 years.

Career

He published a medical textbook, the , in 1571, and worked as a doctor for many daimyō of the time. The daimyō Dōsan treated included Mōri Motonari, whom Dōsan attended in 1566 during his siege of Toda Castle. When Monotari visited him the following year, Dōsan presented him with nine rules for health, known as the Kyuki. These were:

In popular culture In the light novel Honnōji kara Hajimeru Nobunaga to no Tenka Tōitsu series, when Makoto suddenly developed a high fever from excessive exhaustion, Manase Dosan was immediately summoned by Oda Nobunaga to treat him and saved his life.