Background
Dokushoan was born in 1732, in Toyoura (Yamaguchi Prefecture), Japan.
Dokushoan was born in 1732, in Toyoura (Yamaguchi Prefecture), Japan.
He studied Chinese classics under Shu-nan Yamagata and medicine under Toyo Yamavvaki in Hagi (Yamaguchi Prefecture). Also learned sugar-refining method from a Chinese in Nagasaki and made sugar himself. A rugged individualist.