Kyohei Irizawa

Background

Kyohei Irizawa was a physician.

Education

Kyohei Irizawa studied Western medicine under Seikai Totsuka at Edo (1854-1860).

Career

During the Meiji Restoration upheaval fought for the Imperial cause in many battles in Ou District.

Achievements

• Kyohei Irizowa won great fame as a doctor and is regarded as the father of Western medicine in Hokuriku district. He was the first to use potassium iodide for treating venereal disease cases (1861-1864).