Jūji Tanabe (田部重治 ''Tanabe Jūji''; August 4, 1884 – September 22, 1972) was a

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literature scholar, teacher, and mountain climber.Jūji Tanabe
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Tanabe was born in

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. He majored in

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Tokyo Imperial University , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

, specializing in

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. He lectured at

Toyo University is a university with several branches in Japan, including Hakusan, Asaka, Kawagoe, Itakura, and Akabane. Overview The predecessor to Toyo University was , which was founded at Rinsho-in Temple by Enryo Inoue in 1887. Inoue felt that the ...

and

Hosei University is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan. The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (, i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (, i.e. Tokyo school of law ...

. He climbed the

Japanese Alps The is a series of mountain ranges in Japan which bisect the main island of Honshu. The peaks that tower over central Honshu have long been the object of veneration and pilgrimage. These mountains had long been exploited by local people for raw m ...

and

Okuchichibu Mountains or the is a mountainous district in the Kantō region and Kōshin'etsu region, Japan. It covers the western part of Tokyo, the western part of Saitama Prefecture, the southwestern part of Gunma Prefecture, the southeastern part of Nagano ...

. He wrote a book, ''The Japanese Alps and a Pilgrimage to

Chichibu is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,159 in 26,380 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Geography Chichibu is in the westernmost part of Saitama. Unli ...

'' (日本アルプスと秩父巡礼 ''Nippon Alps to Chichibu Junrei'') in 1919. This book was republished as ''Mountains and Ravines'' (山と渓谷 ''Yama to Keikoku'') in 1930. Tanabe and his friend Kogure Ritarō's (1873–1944) accounts of the Okuchichibu Mountains have become influential. There is a monument to them at the foot of the Mt. Kimpu (金峰山, ''Kinpu-san''; 2599 m).

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1884 births 1972 deaths Hosei University faculty Japanese literature academics Japanese mountain climbers People from Toyama (city) University of Tokyo alumni {{japan-writer-stub