was a professor of

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. He graduated from Imperial College of Engineering (工部大学校, ''Kōbu daigakkō''), and studied in

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. In 1882, the shipbuilding department (造船学科, ''Zōsen gakka'') was established. He was installed as an adjunct professor and lectured in the shipbuilding department. The next year he was installed as a professor. In 1887 he established the Tsukiji Technic school (築地工手学校, ''Tsukiji kō-shukō gakkō'').

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