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Johannes Justus Rein (27 January 1835 in
''Japan: travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government''
(1884), as was also his book on Japanese industries (1889). Another work was ''Johannes Justus Rein
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Johannes Justus Rein (27 January 1835 in Raunheim
Raunheim is a town in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany and a part of the Frankfurt Urban Region as well as the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region.
Geography
Location
Raunheim lies in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region between Frankfurt am Main (2 ...
, near Giessen
Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 univer ...
– 23 January 1918 in Bonn
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) was a German geographer
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, author and traveler in East Asia. On the title page of
each of his books, his name is given as either J.J. Rein or Johann J. Rein.
Biography
He was educated in mathematics and science at theUniversity of Giessen
University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (german: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von ...
. He made various scientific journeys in Europe, Asia, and America, and was appointed professor of geography at the University of Marburg
The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...
in 1876, and subsequently at Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...
(1883).
Rein spent the first five months of 1874 in Japan, residing in the German Legation in Tokio okyoand studying lacquer. After submitting a detailed report on the subject, he traveled throughout Japan.
Works
He wrote ''Japan, nach Reisen und Studien'' (2 volumes, 1881–86), which was translated into English, under the title''Japan: travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government''
(1884), as was also his book on Japanese industries (1889). Another work was ''
Columbus
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Places ...
und seine vier Reisen nach Westen'' (“Columbus and his four trips to the West,” 1892).de.Wikisource
References
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rein, Johannes Justus 1835 births 1918 deaths People from Groß-Gerau (district) University of Giessen alumni Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the University of Bonn German geographers German Japanologists German male non-fiction writers