Dr. Tanemichi AOYAMA, the founder of the department of internal medicine of Tokyo University, was the third son of Kagemichi AOYAMA, a student of Hirata's school, and he had been expected to become the successor to Nobutane HIRATA (the third head teacher of Hirata's school) before he decided to become a medical student.
東京大學の内科創始者、青山胤通博士は平田門下青山景通の三男で、医道の道に進まなかったら、平田宗家の三代目平田延胤の後継者と目された人物であります。