is a Japanese ornithologist and retired professor from

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. A native of

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, he graduated from

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in 1937 in

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. He worked at

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. In 1958 he obtained his doctorate in science from

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, on research in "A Comparative Study of chromosomes in birds". Later he became the Section Chief for Birds and Wild Animals at the Experimental Forestry Station for the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In 1959 he was awarded the Ornithological Society of Japan Award and published various academic papers in the OSJ journal and other academic journals.
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Various works

*''The God of Practical Jokes'' (1956) *''Handbook on the colours of wild birds'' (1957) *''Enjoyable methods for raising birds'' (1958) *''The crows story'' (1975; part of the Elementary Schools Natural Science Series of books)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Utagawa, Tatso 1917 births 2006 deaths Academic staff of Azabu University Japanese ornithologists Japanese mammalogists 20th-century Japanese zoologists

Various works

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