Tokugawa Tsunayoshi 德川綱吉 (1646–1709)
The fifth Tokugawa shōgun, ruling 1680–1709. Patron of 杉山和一 Sugiyama Wa’ichi: appointed Sugiyama kengyō 検校 (the highest official rank for blind people in Edo Japan) in 1682, and in 1693 endowed him with a residence at Honjo Ichinohashi 本所一橋 in Edo and chartered the Sugiyama-ryū hari-jutsu kōshūjo 杉山流鍼術講習所, the school of acupuncture for the blind. The patronage underlies the existence and circulation of KR3ee052 Xuǎnzhēn sānyào jí 選針三要集.