was a Japanese leprologist. He was the son of first Shobun Gotō and was called the "second Shobun Gotō". He devoted his life to leprosy patients in Japan山口順子 『研究ノート・内務省年報が示す明治初期のハンセン病医療状況』 ハンセン病市民学会年報2号, 2006.12山口順子 『後藤昌文・昌直父子と起廃病院の事績について』 ハンセン病市民学会年報1号, 2005.12 P115-122 and on the island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Father Damien had trust in Gotō's therapy, and he left the message, "I have not the slightest confidence in our American and European doctors to stay my leprosy, I wish to be treated by Dr. Masanao Gotō."Holy Man, New York : Harper & Row, 1973.
See also Father Damien King David Kalakaua Walter M. Gibson Kalaupapa National Historical Park
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Masanao Goto (Hawaii Medical Library) THE LEPERS OF MOLOKAI. May 26, 1889, New York Times 後藤昌文・昌直父子の事績を追って オノーレ文化情報研究所 明治34年東京市会議員総選挙麻布区選挙結果