area had a concentration of official residences of the Shōgun's foot soldiers and Chōei ran a medical practice under a false name. However, on the last day of October in the same year, an informant told police official where he was hiding, and the Edo Machi-bugyō sent a number of men to arrest him. The actual course of events is uncertain, but Chōei was severely beaten with jitte as he resisted arrest and was killed. Official reports stated that he drew a dagger and stabbed himself in the neck during the melee. A stone monument, inscribed with "The hiding place of Doctor Chōei Takano", commemorates the location, and his grave at the temple of Zenko-ji in Kita-Aoyama has an inscription by Katsu Kaishū. Takano Choei former residence The house where Chōei lived until he left for Edo at the age of 17 in Ōshū, Iwate has been preserved as a memorial museum. This Edo period samurai residence was designated a National Historic Site. on April 13, 1933. The house was extensively restored in 1876, but retains two rooms facing the front courtyard on the west side in the original condition in which they were used by Chōei. However, as the house is in private hands, the rooms are not normally open to the public. Works Fundamentals of Medicine, vol.1 in five books (1832) Treatise on Two Things for the Relief of Famine (1836) Treatise on Contagious Diseases, including Methods of Avoiding Epidemic Diseases, in two volumes (1836) The Tale of a Dream (1838) References Biography original Japanese version: Others Practical Pursuits: Takano Choei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in Nineteenth Century Japan, Ellen Gardner Nakamura; Harvard University Press, 2005 External links Prominent People of Minato City Choei Takano Memorial Hall People of Edo-period Japan Rangaku 1804 births 1850 deaths