was a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

and regarded as the father of modern Japanese

geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

. He was a professor at

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 ...

from 1911 to 1929, where he created the department of geography and founded ''The Association of Japanese Geographers''. The latter is the primary academic geographic society in Japan.

Books

*地理学教科書(Chirigaku Kyokasyo)1900 *大日本地誌(Dainihon Chishi)1903-1915 *我が南洋(Waga nanyo)1916

Articles

*氷河果して本邦に存在せざりしか(Hyoga shtashite hompo ni sonzaisezarishika)1902

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