How Did Oozeki Chika(大関和) Create “Japanese Nursing”?ーーThe Logic of Practice in Kangofu Hashutu Kokoroe
How Did Oozeki Chika Create “Japanese Nursing”? The Logic of Practice in Kangofu Hashutu Kokoroe (看護婦派出心得) Abstract Oozeki Chika (1858–1932) is widely recognized as a pioneer of modern nursing in Japan and of early nursing education. This paper proposes a different perspective on her historical significance. Rather than viewing Oozeki primarily as an educator who introduced an already established model of modern nursing into Japan, I examine how she responded to concrete problems encountered in everyday nursing practice and how those responses were transformed into professional knowledge, educational materials, organizational norms, and eventually institutional forms. The central source examined here is Kangofu Hashutu Kokoroe ( Guidelines for Dispatched Nurses ), first published in 1899 and subsequently revised through six editions up to 1919. The text contains remarkably detailed instructions concerning communication with patients, oral hygiene, injections, responses to minor...