Mokichi Ishii

Japanese: 石井茂吉 - いしいもきち

1887-1963 A printing engineer from the Taisho to Showa eras.
Born on July 21, 1887. After working at Kobe Steel and Hoshi Pharmaceutical, he went independent in 1924. He worked on developing a Japanese phototypesetter with Morisawa Nobuo. In 1940, he established the Phototypesetter Research Institute (later Shaken). In 1942, he completed the practical machine SK1, and in 1960, he succeeded in fully automating it. He produced 50,000 original characters for Morohashi Tetsuji's "Dai Kanwa Jiten" (Great Japanese-Chinese Dictionary). In 1960, he received the Kikuchi Kan Award. He passed away on April 5, 1963. He was 75 years old. He was from Tokyo and graduated from Tokyo Imperial University.

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Japanese:

1887－1963　大正-昭和時代の印刷技術者。
明治20年7月21日生まれ。神戸製鋼所,星製薬勤務をへて,大正13年独立。森沢信夫と和文写真植字機の開発にとりくむ。15年写真植字機研究所(のち写研)を設立。昭和17年実用機SK1を完成,35年全自動化に成功した。諸橋轍次(もろはし-てつじ)の「大漢和辞典」の原字5万字を製作。35年菊池寛賞。昭和38年4月5日死去。75歳。東京出身。東京帝大卒。

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