Nationality Japan Occupation Physician | Name Shunsuke Miyake Died 1926 | |
Known for Working for Kaishun Byoin, the leper hospital of Hannah Riddell for 30 years. |
Shunsuke Miyake (三宅 俊輔, Miyake Shunsuke, November 29, 1854 - 1926) was a Japanese Christian physician who helped Hannah Riddell at Kaishun Hospital, an important Hansen's disease hospital in Japan in prewar days. The medical care and administration were maintained by his devotion for 30 years (1897-1926).
Life
He was born in 1854 in Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture and went up to Tokyo. He was qualified as a doctor and went into private practice in Tsuwano, and then Yamaguchi. He was baptized in 1881. He worked in Nagasaki and Taniyama, Kagoshima Prefecture. In 1897, he was asked to work at the Kaishun Hospital, Kumamoto's first leprosy hospital. He lived in the hospital, and was loved by patients. In 1921, he was awarded a prize for unselfish services by the Interior Ministry of Japan .