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*Wearing a mask other than when eating and drinking, temperature measurement when entering the store, etc.
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About Seishu-no-Sato

Hanaoka Seishu is the world's first person to succeed in removing breast

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cancer using general anesthesia. Seishu-no-Sato was built as a facility forhonouring and to enjoyably learn his great achievement. It has the home andclinic, which was made by Seishu,and also has Flower Hill Museum,which
was designed with a motif of Detura flowers by the late architect Kisho
Kurokawa. The museum has an exhibition room that exhibits the records ofHanaoka Seishu. Also the restaurant serves as a base for food education
recommended by Kinokawa City. where you can enjoy dishes made with local
seasonal ingredients in a buffet style.
Closed day/Every Tuesday (If Tuesday and holiday coincide, the following day)Shunrinken (home and clinic) /Time to visit: 10:00~16:00(March~October 10:00~17:00 (last admission at 16:30)

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Seishu Hanaoka’s portrait [The picture of “Ryukei”] Seishu in 1826 (Bunsei 9)
Seishu Hanaoka invented an anesthetic called “Tsusensan”. He was a great physician

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conducted the first successful mastectomy surgery with general anesthesia in the world.
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Seishu was born in 1760 on 23 October between Otsugi and Naomichi Hanaoka.
Naomichi Hanaoka, Seishu's father, was also a doctor so Seishu grew up watching
patients suffering from various illness and injury. The experience carved the dream toFureai Park

become a doctor and to save lives in Seishu’s life path since early childhood.

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Seishu went to Kyoto to study medicine in 1782 at the age of 23 when he learnt ancient

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medicine under Nangai Yoshimasu and surgery under Kenryu Yamato. At that time,
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Seishu came to know about Hua Tuo, a Chinese doctor used to utilize anesthetics in surgeries and helped a huge numberof patients. Seishu was so eager to develop his own anesthetics and medicine to cure terminal illness at that time so as toAccess to Seishu-no-Satosave people from pain. With the great and ultimate dream of "becoming Hua Tuo in Japan", Seishu had three years ofintensive study and hardship before he returned to his hometown Hirayama. Back to his motherland, Seishu was very

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devoted to cure patients, develop new treatments, and collect medical herbs like his father. All are for his research onanesthetics.

Seishu Haraoka’s Treatments
Unfortunately, we do not have detailed records about Seishu’s anesthetics research. It’s believed that Seishu first did
animal tests to confirm the usages and safety of his medicines before clinical tests on human body. Seishu’s mother"Otsugi" and his wife "Kae" both volunteered to be the subject in anesthetics human tests. It’s said that Seishu did actually
involve his mother and wife taken anesthetics in his series of tests. On 13 October 1804(Bunka1), Seishu eventually madehis anesthetic "Tusensan" and conducted the first successful mastectomy surgery with general anesthesia in world.
Seishu Hanaoka immediately taken the entire Japan by storm and attracted patients all over the country, as well as
disciples wanted to learn “Hanaoka medicine”.

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Seishu established “Shunrinken” as his clinic and medical school in where hesaved a tremendous number of patients and taught medical science to many
students of his. Seishu also opened a branch called “Gosuido” in Nakanoshima,Osaka, which was managed by Rokujo Hanaoka, Seishu’s younger brother (thefourth son in his family). The total number of students in Hanaoka’s schools
including those from Gosuido was 1,861, including big names like Soken Homa
and Gendai Kamada.

Seishu Hanaoka’s Late Years
Seishu’s reputation reached Harutomi Tokugawa, the domain lord of Kishu. They met each other in 1802 (Kyowa 2), inholiday may change.

which Seishu was authorized to wear a sword with him. The power summoned Seishu as the official doctor for thesamurai, Seishu first rejected as he wanted to help all commoners instead of only officers. Yet, the lord insisted andSeishu was granted “Kobushinishikaku (literally “general physician certificate”)” in 1813(Bunka 10). Seishu was approved
to continue his clinic for commers upon his own request. He was also allowed to continue to live in Hirayama, hismotherland, even with his governmental title. In 1819(Bunsei 2), Seishu was promoted to “ Kokubunshigoishi (officialdoctor)”. The huge title required Seishi to move to Wakayama Castle indeed. Nonetheless, Seishu was allowed to stay inthe castle for 15 days a month only so he could keep the doors of his clinic opened to commers on the other 15 days, andthat’s upon his own request as well. In 1833(Tenpou4), Seishu was further promoted to “Okuishikaku”.

In 1835(Tenpou6) on 2 October, Seishu Hanaoka passed away at the age of 76. What he left in world is his great
accomplishment of creating general anesthetic and saving an enormous number of lives.
Remark) the age is rounded down according to the year, not to the exact birthday.

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A panoramic view of Shunrinken
Seishu Hanaoka’s residence is in today’s Shunrinken and Hanaoka Tomb. It was

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his ancestors. Seishu was born there, and he kept all his medical work andresearch in the thatching after taking over his family business.

Seishu took the country by storm in 1804 when he succeeded in a breast cancer

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was as large as 660m2. The exact period remains unknown while it is commonly said to be somewhere between 1804 and1816. Seishu named the lodge "Shunrinken" for the aroma of the woods; it’s also called "Rakusudo."

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A view of the old Shunrinken before
relocation from the westShunrinken was originally in Hirayama, but
the main hall was relocated to the old
Kokawa Town in the Taisho Era for thechange of the landlord.

A view of the old Shunrinken before
relocation from the east

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Shunrinken after relocation
In 1997(Heisei9), Shunrinken was remodeled; the main hall was well preserved
and moved back to Hirayama. The main hall and warehouse of the current
Shunrinken were used by Seishu when he was active and doing things whileother buildings were rebuilt based on research data.

Spot Size : 1,614m2
Total size of the 8 lodges : 533m2

Surgeries
Inside are figures, audio guides, and videos portraying
Seishu's surgeries and lectures for his disciples.

Anesthetic Experiments
Passing through the gate, we are travelling to the Edo Era. Let’s feel how Seishi was working in the old time.

Distribution and Functions of Shunrinken and other buildings

Shunrinken Tutorial is the residence, hospital, and medical school of Seishu Hanaoka, the great physician conducted
the first successful mastectomy surgery using general anesthesia in the world. The success of the anesthesia surgery
made Seishu nationwide famous and brought him as many as 1,033 disciples. It is now a group of buildings with themain hall surrounded by the tutorial block/pharmacy, administration room, sickroom block, food stock, nurse hostel,storeroom, and warehouse.
A full view of Shunrinken (a bird's-eye view)

Main functions of the buildings

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