Asami Asakichi

Japanese: 浅見浅吉 - あさみあさきち
Asami Asakichi

…Despite Yoshimune's efforts, however, Western-style horseshoes did not take root in Japan. After Perry's arrival at the end of the Edo period, envoys from Britain, France, and Russia arrived one after another, and Michio Kuwajima, a horse surgeon attached to the Shogunate's cavalry, learned horseshoeing techniques from an American in Yokohama, and Azami Asakichi, a firefighter in Takanawa, Edo, learned them from a British person, and worked to spread the techniques. Later, in 1872 (Meiji 5), the new government invited non-commissioned officer Bust from France to the Army Academy to teach French-style farrier techniques, and this was the first time that Japan had systematically learned Western-style farrier techniques. …

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Japanese:

…しかし,吉宗の努力にもかかわらず,洋式蹄鉄は日本に定着しなかった。 幕末のペリー来航以後,イギリス,フランス,ロシアの使節があいついで至るにおよび,幕府の騎兵隊付属馬医桑島道男は横浜のアメリカ人より,また江戸高輪(たかなわ)の火消し浅見浅吉はイギリス人より,それぞれ蹄鉄技術を学び普及に努めた。その後1872年(明治5)新政府はフランスより下士官ビューストを陸軍兵学寮に招聘(しようへい)し,フランス式装蹄法を教授させ,ここに日本は初めて組織的に洋式装蹄技術を学ぶことになったのである。…

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