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==Ogata Kōan and Tekijuku==

In 1838, a year following [[Ōshio Heihachirō]]'s rebellion, and after the fire that had scorched nearly a quarter of Osaka city, the physician [[Ogata Kōan]] founded an academy to teach medicine, healing and [[Rangaku]], or Dutch Studies. The school was called [[Tekijuku]], where distinction of status was unknown and competition abounded. Ogata encouraged this competitive learning, especially of the Dutch language to which he had dedicated much of his own study. However, the competition escalated and eventually students bent to the rigorous pressure of the academy, acting recklessly to vent frustrations. For example: "slashing their swords against the central pillar of the main boarding hall, leaving gashes and nicks".<ref name="McClain, James L 1999 p. 227-228">McClain, James L. and Osamu, Wakita. (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=yb0rftAN3oQC&dq=events+of+tenpo+era&pg=PA227 Osaka: The Merchants' Capital of Early Modern Japan, p. 227-228]</ref> Ogata did not deem it necessary to take disciplinary measures, thinking it harmless and recreational.<ref>McClain, James L. and Osamu, Wakita. (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=yb0rftAN3oQC&dq=events+of+tenpo+era&pg=PA227 Osaka: The Merchants' Capital of Early Modern Japan, p. 228]</ref>

Much of Ogata's life was devoted to [[Rangaku]], which was clearly displayed in the vision he had for Tekijuku. Ogata is known in history for his attentions to the medical, or internal therapeutic aspects of Rangaku, including emphasis on diseases and his aid in translation of foreign medical terms.<ref>McClain, James L. and Osamu, Wakita. (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=yb0rftAN3oQC&dq=events+of+tenpo+era&pg=PA227 Osaka: The Merchants' Capital of Early Modern Japan, p. 229]</ref>