the responsible section-chief was dismissed. Testimony Jun Takada, 19 at that time, testified against the prison. Kikuchi Medical Prison The necessity of a prison was disputed in the diet and Kikuchi Medical Prison was built in 1953 in Kōshi city, Kumamoto Prefecture. Notes and References Fuusetsu no Mon, 50 years of Kuryu Rakusen-en, Jichikai, 1082. A History of Leprosy in Japan. Shun-Ichi Yamamoto, Tokyo University Press, 1993. C3047 P8755E The Records of Hansen's Disease Prison, Michio Miyasaka, Shueicha, 2006. C0212 Y660E External links Jyu-kanbo National Museum of Detention for Hansen's Disease Patients Leper hospitals Leprosy in Japan Medical and health organizations based in Japan Prisons in Japan Defunct prisons in Japan Hospitals established in 1938 Kusatsu, Gunma