Koishikawa Yojosho
Hospital in Tokyo, Japan
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The Koishikawa Yojosho was a Japanese hospital located in Koishikawa, Edo, in what is now the Bunkyō municipality of the Tokyo Metropolis of modern Japan.
StatusDefunct
TypeHospital
LocationKoishikawa, Edo (now Bunkyō, Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan
| Koishikawa Yojosho | |
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The old water well of the Koishikawa Yojosho | |
 Interactive map of the Koishikawa Yojosho area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Defunct |
| Type | Hospital |
| Location | Koishikawa, Edo (now Bunkyō, Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35.7198°N 139.7446°E |
| Opened | 1722 |
The hospital was established in 1722 by the shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the herb gardens of what is now the Koishikawa Botanical Gardens at the suggestion of the town physician Ogawa Shosen.[1][2][3] The hospital offered its services only to the indigent.[3] It was eventually merged into Tokyo University's medical school.[when?][1]
