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Shizuto Masunaga: Saito’s Mentor

Shizuto Masunaga is a name very familiar to meridian-based shiatsu therapists around the world for his daring research, which in the 1960s culminated in the publication of the Shiatsu Meridian Chart.

Shizuto masunaga biography of abraham

This chart, controversial in its departure from the familiar and more simplified Traditional Chinese Medicine view, depicts the 12 Regular meridians running the full length of the body; it also shows abdominal (or hara) diagnostic zones for each meridian.

Masunaga, born in Japan in 1925 and trained first as a psychologist, possessed a rare passion for the study of Oriental medicine.

He also possessed meijin-gei, or “master’s skill,” an extraordinary degree of sensitivity that enabled him to trace the meridian pathways in detail. Masunaga's book Zen Shiatsu (Japan Publications Inc, 1977) is still the primary guide for beginning students and experienced practitioners alike.

Tetsuro Saito studied with Masunaga Sensei