Meiji Hashimoto (橋本明治, Hashimoto Meiji) (1904-1991) was a Japanese Nihonga painter and designer. He received a…
Meiji Hashimoto (橋本明治, Hashimoto Meiji) (1904-1991) was a Japanese Nihonga painter and designer. He received a commission to paint a piece for the new Tokyo Imperial Palace. The piece titled “Sakura (cherry)” is a large painting measuring 2.74x2.5 metres. It is located on the cedar door of the east corridor of the Seiden hall. Opposite of it on the other side is “Kaede (maples)” by Hōshun Yamaguchi.
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Toshio Ito (August 5, 1904 – July 6, 1991) was a Japanese anatomist and physician recognized for his discovery of…
Toshio Ito (August 5, 1904 – July 6, 1991) was a Japanese anatomist and physician recognized for his discovery of hepatic stellate cells, commonly known as Ito cells. His research provided significant insights into liver microanatomy and its role in hepatic blood flow regulation.
🎓 Keio University📅 Born August 5🎂 Born 1904💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Physician・Doctor
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Nobuhiro Ōkōchi (大河内 信敬, Ōkōchi Nobuhiro; 21 August 1903 – 1 December 1967) was a Japanese painter.
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Yang Ju-dong (Korean: 양주동; 24 June 1903 – 4 February 1977) was a South Korean poet, professor, literary scholar, and…
Yang Ju-dong (Korean: 양주동; 24 June 1903 – 4 February 1977) was a South Korean poet, professor, literary scholar, and academic. He published on both English and Korean literature. He is also known by his art name Mu-ae (무애).
Shōchō Hagami (葉上照澄; August 15, 1903 – March 7, 1989) was a Japanese great acharya (大阿闍梨) of Tendai Buddhism and one of…
Shōchō Hagami (葉上照澄; August 15, 1903 – March 7, 1989) was a Japanese great acharya (大阿闍梨) of Tendai Buddhism and one of the most prominent Japanese Buddhists of the 20th century. He served as President of the Japanese Religious Committee for World Federation and advocated the need for the cooperation of religious leaders, which transcends religious and denominational boundaries. Hagami was originally a professor of German philosophy at Taisho University and in turn served as a journalist for the Sanyo Shimbun. However, the untimely death of his wife as well as the defeat of Japan at WWII triggered him to pursue religious life, whereby to help Japan restore itself from the postwar devastation. In 1946, he entered the Buddhist monastery at Mount Hiei, the headquarters of the Tendai school and the Mother Mountain of Japanese Buddhism. Hagami was the 39th monk in history who completed the ordeal of endurance, perseverance, and both physical and mental strength, known as Sennichi Kaihōgyō in Japanese (千日回峰行), or “thousand-day around-the-peaks training.” He also completed other ordeals such as a thousand days of Unshin Kaihōgyō (運心回峰行) and a thousand days of Hokke Zanmaigyō (法華三昧行). While fostering new generations of Japan for lives of influence and service, Hagami was actively engaged in promoting reconciliation and peaceful coexistence across the world. He appealed to Pope Paul VI and other religious leaders of the world to create an International League of all religious people of the whole world in order to end all the wars among religions as well as all the conflicts caused in the name of religions. Hagami once noted: “It is said that the root of all evil is human pride, obstinacy, human ego, class ego, racial ego, and national ego. Yet religion which is supposed, above all, to teach the casting away of ego, itself has the egoism of sects and religious institutions. And this is what makes me dislike religionists. . . . True religion is born from the abyss of despair. I believe that when it really becomes a question of whether mankind will survive or not, then religion will return to a purer position, and will set out in a great new direction.” Hagami maintained that for the advancement of world peace, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam must be reconciled, and that Japanese Buddhists—as religious people of the first victim of nuclear attack in human history—must serve as mediators for that reconciliation. Accordingly, he visited Egypt and the Vatican many times and established close friendships with the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as well as with Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli of the Vatican. In July 1977, Hagami visited President Sadat and urged him to make peace with Israel. This was one of the triggers that led Sadat's dramatic journey to the Knesset in Israel. Sadat himself mentioned Hagami's impact on this initiation in his letter of gratitude to Hagami. At Hagami's suggestion, Sadat also sponsored a communal service in November 1979, gathering representatives of Islam, Judaism and Christianity at the foot of Mount Sinai on the occasion of the transfer of the Sinai Peninsula from Israel to Egypt. In October 1981, when Hagami learned about the assassination of Sadat, he felt personally responsible for Sadat's death. Sadat was said to have been killed for shaking hands with Jews, which Hagami urged Sadat to do. In March 1984, as a way, in part, to commemorate Sadat's death, Hagami organized a joint prayer meeting for world peace on Mount Sinai, by appealing to religious leaders in the US and Egypt. 130 people assembled there to represent Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Shinto, from the US, Egypt, Israel and Japan, and prayed for the speedy end of the Middle East War and performed different religious ceremonies according to the respective styles of rituals. In August 1987, Hagami invited prominent leaders of various religions of the world to hold the first Religious Summit Meeting on Mount Hiei, Japan, in order to advance peaceful coexistence, interfaith dialogue, and acceptance of others. He visited Israel in 1988 and was acquainted with a variety of religious leaders and scholars such as André Chouraqui, R.J. Zwi Werblowsky, and Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu. To further advance interfaith dialogue, Hagami planned to hold a Religious Summit Meeting in Jerusalem but died before its fruition.
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University🏫 Okayama Asahi High School📅 Born August 15🎂 Born 1903📍 From Okayama Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Buddhist Monk
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Roppa Furukawa (古川ロッパ, also 緑波, Furukawa Roppa; 3 August 1903 – 16 January 1961) was a Japanese comedian.
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University🏫 Waseda High School📅 Born August 13🎂 Born 1903📍 From Tokyo💼 Actor💼 Comedy💼 Essayist・Essay Writer
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Saburō Moroi (諸井三郎, Moroi Saburō; 7 August 1903 – 24 March 1977) was a Japanese composer.
Sumiyuki Kotani (小谷 澄之, Kotani Sumiyuki; August 3, 1903 – October 9, 1991) was a Japanese martial artist. He was a…
Sumiyuki Kotani (小谷 澄之, Kotani Sumiyuki; August 3, 1903 – October 9, 1991) was a Japanese martial artist. He was a member of the 1932 Japanese Olympic wrestling team. He was one of the highest-ranked judoka, and was awarded a 10th dan in April 1984 by the Kodokan. He was for a long time the oldest 10th dan until Ichiro Abe was awarded the rank age of 83 years. Kotani studied at the Tokyo College of Education and studied judo directly under Jigoro Kano. As a young man, he was known to take on any challenges. Kotani was very active in promoting judo throughout the world and was the director of the international division at the Kodokan for many years. He was also a professor at Tokai University. He was the Kodokan's top representative and vice president of the All Japan Judo Federation. He died on October 19, 1991.
Tamaki Tokuyama (徳山 璉, Tokuyama Tamaki; July 27, 1903 – January 28, 1942) was a classically trained baritone and a…
Tamaki Tokuyama (徳山 璉, Tokuyama Tamaki; July 27, 1903 – January 28, 1942) was a classically trained baritone and a famous singer of popular music in early Shōwa era Japan.
Fujisaburō Ono (小野 藤三郎, Ono Fujisaburō; July 27, 1903 – October 8, 1996), better known as Tōzaburō Ono (小野 十三郎, Ono…
Fujisaburō Ono (小野 藤三郎, Ono Fujisaburō; July 27, 1903 – October 8, 1996), better known as Tōzaburō Ono (小野 十三郎, Ono Tōzaburō), was a Japanese poet and anarchist known for his critique of lyric poetry and as an advocate of long, rational poems.
Ryōhei Koiso (小磯 良平, Koiso Ryōhei; Japanese: [koiso ɾʲoːheː]) (July 25, 1903 – December 16, 1988) was a Japanese…
Ryōhei Koiso (小磯 良平, Koiso Ryōhei; Japanese: [koiso ɾʲoːheː]) (July 25, 1903 – December 16, 1988) was a Japanese artist. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts western art department in 1927 and had a successful career from early on. During World War II he was often commissioned paintings depicting Japanese military scenes, such as the signing of the British surrender of Singapore, and Japanese infantrymen making their way through high grass fields in Malaysia. He returned to mainstream painting following the war, and painted until his death. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Hisatsune Sakomizu (迫水 久常, Sakomizu Hisatsune; 5 August 1902 – 25 July 1977) was a Japanese government official and…
Hisatsune Sakomizu (迫水 久常, Sakomizu Hisatsune; 5 August 1902 – 25 July 1977) was a Japanese government official and politician before, during and after World War II.
Prince Kan'in Haruhito (閑院宮春仁王, Kan'in-no-miya Haruhito-ō; 3 August 1902 – 18 June 1988) was a career officer in the…
Prince Kan'in Haruhito (閑院宮春仁王, Kan'in-no-miya Haruhito-ō; 3 August 1902 – 18 June 1988) was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and the 7th (and final) head of the Kan'in-no-miya line of shinnōke cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan.
🏫 Odawara High School📅 Born August 3🎂 Born 1902📍 From Kanagawa Prefecture💼 Imperial Family・Nobility (Kazoku)💼 Military Officer💼 Martial Artist💼 Kendo
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Nobutake Ōkōchi (大河内 信威, Ōkōchi Nobutake; 24 July 1902 – 12 July 1990) was a Japanese art historian, critic and…
Nobutake Ōkōchi (大河内 信威, Ōkōchi Nobutake; 24 July 1902 – 12 July 1990) was a Japanese art historian, critic and businessman who served as the fifth president of the Japan Ceramics Association from 1984 to 1990. Before that, he was also a sympathiser for the cause of the Japanese Communist Party.
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University🏫 Tsukuba University Affiliated High School📅 Born July 24🎂 Born 1902📍 From Tokyo💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Critic💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Harue Yamashita (Japanese: 山下春江; 9 August 1901 – 19 March 1985) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first…
Harue Yamashita (Japanese: 山下春江; 9 August 1901 – 19 March 1985) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
🎓 Japan Women's College of Physical Education🏫 Hagi High School📅 Born August 9🎂 Born 1901📍 From Hagi, Yamaguchi💼 Politician・Legislator
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Eiichi Sugimoto (杉本 栄一, Sugimoto Eiichi; August 9, 1901 – September 24, 1952) was a Japanese economist and professor at…
Eiichi Sugimoto (杉本 栄一, Sugimoto Eiichi; August 9, 1901 – September 24, 1952) was a Japanese economist and professor at the Tokyo University of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University), and a pioneer of mathematical economics in Japan. He participated in the Tokuzō Fukuda Seminar, and majored in Marxist economics at the Tokyo University of Commerce and went on to study in Germany before returning to Japan.
Kiro Honjo (本庄 季郎, Honjō Kirō) (1901–1990) was a Japanese aircraft designer who worked for Mitsubishi and designed…
Kiro Honjo (本庄 季郎, Honjō Kirō) (1901–1990) was a Japanese aircraft designer who worked for Mitsubishi and designed aircraft used in World War II such as the Mitsubishi G3M (Nell) and the Mitsubishi G4M (Betty). During the American occupation of Japan following the end of World War II, Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi, were banned from producing aircraft. For this reason, Honjo began work on non-aircraft products for civilian use. For example, he designed the Mitsubishi “Cross” bicycle (jujigo), which was made of surplus duralumin left over from wartime aircraft production. Honjo also designed the winning glider used by Oka Ryoki in 1977 in the first Japan International Birdman Rally. On April 21, 1990, Honjo died at the age of 88 from prostate cancer. He was portrayed in the 2013 Japanese animated movie The Wind Rises as a colleague of the designer of the Zero fighter, Jiro Horikoshi, going back to their days at Tokyo Imperial University. In reality, however, Honjo was senior to Horikoshi.
Ichisada Miyazaki (宮崎市定, August 20, 1901 – May 24, 1995) was a Japanese historian specializing in Chinese history. He…
Ichisada Miyazaki (宮崎市定, August 20, 1901 – May 24, 1995) was a Japanese historian specializing in Chinese history. He represents the second generation of the Kyoto school founded by his teacher Naitō Konan (Naitō Torajirō).
Nakamura Kusatao (中村 草田男; July 27, 1901 – August 5, 1983) was a Japanese haiku poet. Nakamura was born on July 27…
Nakamura Kusatao (中村 草田男; July 27, 1901 – August 5, 1983) was a Japanese haiku poet. Nakamura was born on July 27, 1901, in Amoy, Fujian Province, China, the son of a Japanese diplomat. A few years later his mother brought him to Japan, where he was educated in various schools in Matsuyama and Tokyo. One of those schools was Seinan Elementary School (港区立青南小学校) in Tokyo. When returning to that school twenty years later, he wrote perhaps his most famous haiku, reflecting on the falling snow and the passing of the Meiji era: In 1977, the haiku was inscribed on a stone monument at the school unveiled by Nakamura. In 1925, he attended Tokyo University to study German literature, compelled by the works of Nietzsche, Hölderlin, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, and Strindberg. Following his father's death, he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1927 and turned to poetry, particularly the tanka of Saitō Mokichi. Eventually, he returned to Tokyo University, changing his major to Japanese literature and writing his bachelor's thesis on the poet Shiki Masakoa. He finally graduated in 1933. Following graduation, he taught at the Seiki Gakuen until 1967. At Tokyo University, he joined the Tokyo University Haiku Society. In 1929, he met Kyoshi Takahama, the doyen of the conservative haiku school centered on the magazine Hototogisu. He joined the school and met other leading poets like Takashi Matsumoto and Kawabata Bōsha. He submitted haiku to Hototogisu and published his first collection, Chōshi (長子; "The Eldest Son"), in 1936. Like many other poets, he eventually broke with Hototogisu and started his own magazine, Banryoku (萬緑; "Myriad Green Leaves"), in 1946. He was the first president of the Association of Haiku Poets. Nakamura was a leading figure in a humanist approach to poetry referred to as ningen tankyūha (人間探求派). His verse was also noted for its ambiguity and obscurity. He went on to write over a half dozen haiku collections, several volumes of essays and criticism, and short stories he referred to as märchen.
Hiroatsu Takata (高田博厚, Takata Hiroatsu; August 19, 1900 – June 17, 1987) was a Japanese sculptor and essayist, who…
Hiroatsu Takata (高田博厚, Takata Hiroatsu; August 19, 1900 – June 17, 1987) was a Japanese sculptor and essayist, who lived for many years in Paris. He had a wide circle of friends in the literary world, and his daughter was once married to Ryūichi Tamura.
Kingo Machimura (町村 金五, Machimura Kingo; 16 August 1900 – 14 December 1992) was a Japanese politician who served as…
Kingo Machimura (町村 金五, Machimura Kingo; 16 August 1900 – 14 December 1992) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Toyama Prefecture (1941–1943), Governor of Niigata Prefecture (1945) and the second Governor of Hokkaido (1959–1971). He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun. His second son was Nobutaka Machimura, who was twice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan.
Nabi Tajima (田島 ナビ, Tajima Nabi; 4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's…
Nabi Tajima (田島 ナビ, Tajima Nabi; 4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person from 16 September 2017 until her death, and the last surviving person to have been born in the 19th century.
Mikinosuke Kawaishi (川石 酒造之助, Kawaishi Mikinosuke; born 13 August 1899 – 30 January 1969) was a Japanese master of judo…
Mikinosuke Kawaishi (川石 酒造之助, Kawaishi Mikinosuke; born 13 August 1899 – 30 January 1969) was a Japanese master of judo who achieved the rank of 7th Dan. He led the development of Judo in France, with Shozo Awazu, and much of Europe. He is credited with introducing the colored belt system for differentiating early grades. However, written accounts from the archives of London's Budokwai judo club, founded in 1918, record the use of colored judo belts at the 1926 9th annual Budokwai Display, and a list of ranked colored judokas appears in the Budokwai Committee Minutes of June 1927. Kawaishi visited London and the Budokwai in 1928, and was probably inspired to bring the colored belt system to France. The Fédération Française posthumously awarded him 10th Dan in judo and jujutsu.
Seiko Fujita (藤田 西湖, 10 February 1898 – 4 January 1966) was a prominent and highly respected member of Japan's martial…
Seiko Fujita (藤田 西湖, 10 February 1898 – 4 January 1966) was a prominent and highly respected member of Japan's martial arts community. An authority on Kobudō, the classical martial arts of Japan & the Ryukyu Islands, Fujita inherited Wada-ha Kōga-ryū Ninjutsu from his grandfather. Academically, he graduated from Nihon University in the department of Religious Studies. From 1922 onwards, Fujita was called upon to lecture at military academies across the country and was program director for ninjutsu studies at the Imperial Army Intelligence Academy (Nakano School / 陸軍中野学校). He compiled a library, the largest of its kind in private hands (now bequeathed to the Odawara City Library), and authored numerous books & instructional manuals.
Saburō Matsukata (松方 三郎, Matsukata Saburō; August 1, 1899 – September 15, 1973) of Japan, a journalist, businessman and…
Saburō Matsukata (松方 三郎, Matsukata Saburō; August 1, 1899 – September 15, 1973) of Japan, a journalist, businessman and mountaineer, served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and was the sixth President of the Boy Scouts of Japan, contributing to the success of the 13th World Scout Jamboree held August 2 to 10, 1971 on the western side of Mount Fuji.
🎓 Kyoto University📅 Born August 1🎂 Born 1899💼 Mountaineer💼 Journalist💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Kisaku Itō (伊藤 熹朔, Itō Kisaku; 1 August 1899 – 31 March 1967) was a Japanese art director. He was born in Tokyo. He…
Kisaku Itō (伊藤 熹朔, Itō Kisaku; 1 August 1899 – 31 March 1967) was a Japanese art director. He was born in Tokyo. He developed a skill in drawing, and became among the most prominent set designers in Japanese cinema following World War II. He won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction for the 1953 film Ugetsu. In 1955, he served as art director for She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum.
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Kazuzo Kudo (1898–1970) is a former Judo instructor and author. Kudo was born in 1898. Kudo reached the 9th dan in…
Kazuzo Kudo (1898–1970) is a former Judo instructor and author. Kudo was born in 1898. Kudo reached the 9th dan in 1967. Kudo was the author of Judo books, Judo in Action Throwing Techniques, and Judo in Action Grappling Techniques. He was also the author of Dynamic Judo. By 1970, he was the sole living person to have studied under Kanō Jigorō. In the same year he served as the director of the Kodokan Judo Institute. He died in 1970.
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Kōsaku Aruga (有賀 幸作, Aruga Kōsaku; August 21, 1897 – April 7, 1945), was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy…
Kōsaku Aruga (有賀 幸作, Aruga Kōsaku; August 21, 1897 – April 7, 1945), was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He commanded the battleship Yamato during its final mission, Operation Ten-Go.
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Kawabata Bōsha (川端 茅舎; August 17, 1897 – July 17, 1941) was a Japanese haiku poet.
Tsuneko Akamatsu (11 August 1897 – 21 July 1965) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Councillors.
Yun Sim-deok (Korean: 윤심덕; Hanja: 尹心悳; 25 July 1897 – 4 August 1926) was a Korean singer. She was the country's first…
Yun Sim-deok (Korean: 윤심덕; Hanja: 尹心悳; 25 July 1897 – 4 August 1926) was a Korean singer. She was the country's first professional soprano.
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Mirei Shigemori (重森三玲, Shigemori Mirei; 1896–1975), was a Japanese landscape architect and historian of Japanese…
Mirei Shigemori (重森三玲, Shigemori Mirei; 1896–1975), was a Japanese landscape architect and historian of Japanese gardens.
Misu Nomura (Japanese: 野村ミス; 19 August 1896 – 15 March 1979) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group…
Misu Nomura (Japanese: 野村ミス; 19 August 1896 – 15 March 1979) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
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Toshihira Inoguchi (猪口 敏平, Inoguchi Toshihira; 11 August 1896 – 24 October 1944) was a Japanese vice-admiral and served…
Toshihira Inoguchi (猪口 敏平, Inoguchi Toshihira; 11 August 1896 – 24 October 1944) was a Japanese vice-admiral and served as the commander of the Yamato-Class Battleship Musashi during World War II until his death.
Kisaburo Yokota (横田 喜三郎, Yokota Kisaburō; August 6, 1896 – February 17, 1993) was a Japanese international legal…
Kisaburo Yokota (横田 喜三郎, Yokota Kisaburō; August 6, 1896 – February 17, 1993) was a Japanese international legal scholar. He served as the 3rd Chief Justice of Japan from 1960 to 1966. He graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University and later served on its faculty. He received the Degree of Doctor of Law (Tokyo Imperial University). He was a recipient of the Order of Culture and the Order of the Rising Sun. His grave is in Gokoku-ji Temple Cemetery, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo.
Ryuichi Kaji (嘉治 隆一, Kaji Ryūichi; August 3, 1896 – May 19, 1978) was a Japanese journalist and political critic.
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Takeru Inukai (犬養 健, Inukai Takeru; 28 July 1896 – 28 August 1960) was a Japanese politician and novelist active in…
Takeru Inukai (犬養 健, Inukai Takeru; 28 July 1896 – 28 August 1960) was a Japanese politician and novelist active in Shōwa period Japan. Also known as "Inukai Ken", he was the third son of Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi.
Kōrō Sasaki (佐々木 耕郎 Sasaki Kōrō, 21 August 1895 – 1 October 1978) was a Japanese politician. He served as the mayor of…
Kōrō Sasaki (佐々木 耕郎 Sasaki Kōrō, 21 August 1895 – 1 October 1978) was a Japanese politician. He served as the mayor of Nikkō in Tochigi Prefecture from 1953 to 1969, overseeing its transition to an independent municipality in 1954. During his time as mayor, he promoted the city's development as an international cultural tourist destination. He was active in social education and served as president of the Tochigi Scout Council and the Tochigi Prefecture Skating Association.
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Katsutada Sezawa (Japanese: 妹沢 克惟, 21 August 1895 – 23 April 1944) was a Japanese geophysicist (Seismologist). Sezawa's…
Katsutada Sezawa (Japanese: 妹沢 克惟, 21 August 1895 – 23 April 1944) was a Japanese geophysicist (Seismologist). Sezawa's key work was on the mathematical aspects of wave transmission in media of different viscosities and the Sezawa wave mode of surface waves is named after him. Sezawa was born in Ishikawa Prefecture where his father was a judge. He graduated in 1921 from the Imperial University of Tokyo in shipbuilding and became a professor at the university in 1928. Sezawa became the director of the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo. His key work was on theoretical aspects of seismic wave transmission in different media. He was able to calculate differences in the structure of the earth based on seismic observations. He also predicted the existence of surface waves which are now termed as Sezawa waves. He was awarded the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1931).
Masuzo Shikata (志方 益三, Shikata Masuzō; Tokyo, August 10, 1895 – May 8, 1964) was a Japanese chemist and one of the…
Masuzo Shikata (志方 益三, Shikata Masuzō; Tokyo, August 10, 1895 – May 8, 1964) was a Japanese chemist and one of the pioneers in electrochemistry. Together with his mentor and colleague, Czech chemist and inventor Jaroslav Heyrovský, he developed the first polarograph, a type of electrochemical analyzing machine, and co-authored the paper which introduced the machine and the name "polarograph". This machine was important because it automated the measurement of I-V curves (current-voltage curves) of solutions, which when done by hand could take over an hour for each test.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 First Higher School📅 Born August 10🎂 Born 1895💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Iwata Nakayama (中山 岩太, Nakayama Iwata; August 3, 1895 – January 20, 1949) was a Japanese avant-garde photographer.…
Iwata Nakayama (中山 岩太, Nakayama Iwata; August 3, 1895 – January 20, 1949) was a Japanese avant-garde photographer. Nakayama was born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka (Japan). His wife, Nakayama Masako (中山正子) became an English language educator after their years aboard. His father was an inventor who held a patent for a fire extinguisher. Iwata moved to Tokyo and was educated at the private school Kyohoku-Chūgakkō. After graduating, he entered Tokyo University of the Arts as the first student of its photography course. After learning artistic and commercial techniques there, he moved to the United States in 1918 as an overseas student of California State University, sent by the Japanese government. However he quit studying and began to work at a photo studio run by Tōyō Kikuchi (菊池東陽) in New York City.
Jisaku Okada (岡田 次作, Okada Jisaku; 1893 – June 4, 1942) was an Imperial Japanese Navy captain. During his career he was…
Jisaku Okada (岡田 次作, Okada Jisaku; 1893 – June 4, 1942) was an Imperial Japanese Navy captain. During his career he was the commander of the seaplane tender Notoro and aircraft carrier Ryūjō. A couple of months before the start of the Second World War he was given the command of the Kaga. He was killed in action during the Battle of Midway when the ship was attacked by American dive bombers. Okada was posthumously promoted to rear admiral.
Hisato Ichimada (一萬田 尚登, Ichimada Hisato; 12 August 1893 – 22 January 1984) was a Japanese banker and politician who…
Hisato Ichimada (一萬田 尚登, Ichimada Hisato; 12 August 1893 – 22 January 1984) was a Japanese banker and politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1954 to 1956 and 1957 to 1958, and as Governor of the Bank of Japan from 1946 to 1954. Ichimada was an important figure in the post-war revival of the Japanese economy.
Sōkichi Takagi (高木 惣吉, Takagi Sōkichi; 9 August 1893 – 27 July 1979) was a Japanese admiral and political figure…
Sōkichi Takagi (高木 惣吉, Takagi Sōkichi; 9 August 1893 – 27 July 1979) was a Japanese admiral and political figure opposed to the Tōjō government during World War II. Takagi's efforts to undermine the Japanese wartime government have been compared with the efforts of German Admiral Wilhelm Canaris to undermine the Nazi government, and contributed to the end of the war.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Naval War College📅 Born August 9🎂 Born 1893📍 From Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto💼 Military Officer
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Kodama Kyūichi (児玉九一; 3 August 1893 – 23 May 1960) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official, politician and…
Kodama Kyūichi (児玉九一; 3 August 1893 – 23 May 1960) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official, politician and governor. He was the son of the General Kodama Gentarō.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Tsukuba University Affiliated High School📅 Born August 3🎂 Born 1893📍 From Yamaguchi Prefecture💼 Bureaucrat
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Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon; 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy…
Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon; 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi's carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He subsequently participated in the Battle of Midway, where he was killed in action, choosing to go down with the aircraft carrier Hiryū when she was scuttled after being crippled by aircraft from USS Enterprise and USS Yorktown.
Tatsu Tanaka (Japanese: 田中たつ; 14 August 1892 – 30 August 1985) was a Japanese midwife and politician. She was one of…
Tatsu Tanaka (Japanese: 田中たつ; 14 August 1892 – 30 August 1985) was a Japanese midwife and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
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Shizo Kanakuri (金栗 四三, Kanaguri Shisō; 20 August 1891 – 13 November 1983) was a Japanese marathon runner celebrated as…
Shizo Kanakuri (金栗 四三, Kanaguri Shisō; 20 August 1891 – 13 November 1983) was a Japanese marathon runner celebrated as the "father of marathon" in Japan. He holds the Guinness World Record for the longest time to complete a marathon with a time of 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds. Kanakuri retired from the men's marathon event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics without informing the authorities, but Sveriges Television gave him the opportunity to complete his marathon in 1967.
🏫 Tamana High School📅 Born August 20🎂 Born 1891📍 From Kumamoto Prefecture💼 Long-Distance Running・Marathon
Yu Yokoya (1891–1969) was a Japanese marine biologist. He worked at least after 1917 on Japanese decapod crustaceans…
Yu Yokoya (1891–1969) was a Japanese marine biologist. He worked at least after 1917 on Japanese decapod crustaceans for the Fisheries Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial University.
🎓 Nagasaki University🏫 Okayama Prefectural Takahashi High School📅 Born August 5🎂 Born 1891📍 From Takahashi, Okayama💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Fujimori Shizuo (藤森 静雄; August 1, 1891 – May 28, 1943) was a Japanese woodblock artist associated with the sōsaku-hanga…
Fujimori Shizuo (藤森 静雄; August 1, 1891 – May 28, 1943) was a Japanese woodblock artist associated with the sōsaku-hanga (creative prints) movement. His style was strongly influenced by Expressionism. Fujimori was born in 1891 in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture. He studied Western-style art (yōga) with the Hakuba-kai ("White Horse Society") in 1910, and the next year enrolled in the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from where he graduated in 1916. At the school he met Onchi Kōshirō with whom he collaborated on Tsukuhae ("Moonglow"), a print and poetry magazine, producing 37 prints. He studied yōga with the Hakuba-kai ("White Horse Society") in 1910, where he met Kyokichi Tanaka, and the next year enrolled in the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from where he graduated in 1916. Fujimori also studied with the yōga painters Kuroda and Fujishima, but drew his inspiration from Aoki. In March 1916, during his formative years, he made a self-portrait in the yōga manner that shows a competent mastery of the academic style taught at the school, a figurative realism markedly different from the radical expressionist designs he was exploring alongside Onchi and Tanaka for Tsukuhae. At the school he met Kōshirō Onchi with whom he collaborated on Tsukuhae, a print and poetry magazine, producing 37 prints. In 1919 he contributed to the first exhibition of the Japan Creative Print Association (Nihon Sosaku-Hanga Kyokai). After a period teaching in Fukuoka and Taiwan, in 1922 he moved to Tokyo to pursue a career as a professional artist in the fields of painting, printmaking and illustration. He worked as editor of Shi to hanga, was a contributor to many other publications, and was a founding member of the Nihon Hanga Kyōkai in 1931. Working once more with Onchi, and with Ōtsuki Kenji, he also founded the art magazine Naizai in 1921. After a period teaching in Fukuoka and Taiwan, in 1922 he moved to Tokyo to pursue a career as a professional artist in the fields of painting, printmaking and illustration. Throughout his career Fujimori contributed to several dōjin zasshi (coterie magazines), including Shi to Hanga (1922–25), Kaze (1927–28), Bijutsu-han (1932–34), Han Geijutsu (1932–36) and Kasuri (1934–36), and was a founding member of the Nihon Hanga Kyōkai in 1931. He provided thirteen prints for the seminal sōsaku hanga series One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei) of 1929–32, and produced his own series, Twelve Views of Great Tokyo (Dai Tokyo Junikei), in 1933–34. He returned to live in Iizuka in 1939, and died on 28 May 1943, the year after the sudden death of his eldest son.