was a Japanese surgeon and Rangaku expert living during the late Edo period and early Meiji era. He was the first surgeon to give a cowpox vaccine in Japan, between 1858 and 1860.Deal, William E. (2007) Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan. Oxford University Press, USA..
Itō Genboku's offices were later expanded into the foundations of the incipient University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science.
In popular culture Itō Genboku appears in the 2009–2011 TV series Jin. He was portrayed by actor Katsuya Kobayashi.
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