page_title: Ogata Kōan
hierarchical_section_title: Ogata Kōan
caption_attribution_description: English: Kōan Ogata Polski: pl:Ogata Kōan 日本語: ja:緒方洪庵
context_page_description: Ogata Kōan was a Japanese physician and rangaku scholar in late Edo period Japan, noted for establishing an academy which later developed into Osaka University. Many of his students subsequently played important roles in the Meiji Restoration and the westernization of Japan in the Meiji period. His true name was Ogata Koreaki or Ogata Akira; the name of Kōan was his courtesy name.
context_section_description: Ogata Kōan (緒方 洪庵, August 13, 1810 – July 25, 1863) was a Japanese physician and rangaku scholar in late Edo period Japan, noted for establishing an academy which later developed into Osaka University. Many of his students subsequently played important roles in the Meiji Restoration and the westernization of Japan in the Meiji period. His true name was Ogata Koreaki (緒方 惟章) or Ogata Akira (緒方 章); the name of Kōan was his courtesy name.
caption: Ogata Kōan circa 1850
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