Gakunosha - Gakunosha

…In 1873, he was sent to the Austrian World Exposition, where he learned the cylinder method, the hexagonal method (layering method), and the medium method from horticulturalist D. Hoyblenk. After returning to Japan, he published the book "Three Agricultural Things" and sold tens of thousands of copies. In 1875, he founded Gakunosha, and in 1876, Gakunosha Agricultural School. At the same time, he started the "Agricultural Magazine." He continued to work energetically, promoting his own vision of agriculture that aimed for Westernization, different from the official line. However, in his later years, he suffered setbacks in business, and his dramatic life ended with a cerebral hemorrhage while in a train on the Yokosuka Line, before he could achieve his goals. …

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…73年オーストリア万国博覧会に派遣され，この際園芸学者D.ホーイブレンクから気筒法，偃曲（えんきよく）法(取木法)，媒助法を学び，帰国後これを《農業三事》として出版し数万部を売りさばいた。75年学農舎を，76年学農舎農学校を設立，同時に《農業雑誌》を創刊，官製の路線とは別の，西欧化をめざす独自の農業像を掲げて精力的な活躍を続けた。しかし晩年は事業に挫折するなど，志半ばにして横須賀線の車中で脳溢血により劇的な生涯を閉じた。…

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