, S.J. was a

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and administrator."98-Year-Old Jesuit Priest, Born a Samurai Warrior, Dies at Tokyo University," Father Paul is known for having developed extensive tables for converting traditional Japanese era dates into

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equivalents — compare, e.g.
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which is derived from a formula for determining the numbered date in the Japanese month.

Career

After completing studies in Paris, Tsuchihashi was assigned to

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and the observatory at She Shan Hill (Zose). In this period, his work focused on the movement of asteroids. He also taught mathematics at the Jesuit

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in Xujiahui.Vallina, When Sophia University was established in Tokyo in 1913, he became one of the members of the teaching faculty. He taught mathematics and Chinese literature. He was Rector of the university from 1940 until the end of the war years.

Honors

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Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Paul Tsuchihashi,

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encompasses roughly 10+ works in 20 publications in 3 languages and 200+ library holdings. WorldCat Identities 関孝和 ca. 1642-1708
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OCLC 001291275

Notes

References

* Totman, Conrad D. (1980). ''The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862-1868.'' Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
OCLC 185964275
* Webb, Herschel and Marleigh Grayer Ryan. (1994). ''Research in Japanese Sources: a Guide.'' Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
OCLC 29913782

External links

* Online Tsuchihashi conversion program

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) 1866 births 1965 deaths Sophia University faculty Japanese lexicographers Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure Japanese Jesuits {{japan-bio-stub