Kanda Nobu - Kanda Nobu

Japanese: 神田乃武 - かんだないぶ
Kanda Nobu - Kanda Nobu

English scholar and English educator. Born the son of a shogunate official in Edo, he was adopted by Dutch scholar Kanda Takahira, traveled to the United States in 1871 (Meiji 4), graduated from Amherst College, and returned to Japan in 1879. He served as a professor at the Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo), the Higher Commercial School (now Hitotsubashi University), and the first principal of the Tokyo School of Foreign Studies (now Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), and compiled English textbooks (such as the Crown Reader for secondary schools and grammar books) and dictionaries (such as the origin of the Concise English-Japanese Dictionary), making a great contribution to building the foundations of English studies and education in Japan. It is said that his English was very natural and refined in both speeches and letters. Those who directly taught him included Natsume Soseki, Okakura Yoshisaburo, and Ueda Teijiro. He succeeded his foster father as a baron, and also served as a member of the House of Peers and as an advisor accompanying Plenipotentiary Tokugawa Iesato at the Washington Naval Conference (1921).

[Yasuhito Kikuchi October 19, 2018]

[References] | Teijiro Ueda | Yosaburo Okakura | Kohei Kanda | Soseki Natsume | Washington Naval Conference

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

英学者、英語教育家。江戸の幕臣の子として生まれたが、蘭学(らんがく)者神田孝平(たかひら)の養子となり、1871年(明治4)渡米、アマースト大学卒業、1879年帰国。帝国大学(現、東京大学)教授、高等商業学校(現、一橋大学)教授、東京外国語学校(現、東京外国語大学)初代校長などを務めるとともに、英語教科書(中等学校用クラウンリーダーや文典)、辞書(コンサイス英和辞典の祖など)を編纂(へんさん)、日本の英学・英語教育の基盤を築くうえで多大な功績を残した。その英語は、スピーチも書簡もまことに自然で上品であったと伝えられる。直接教えを受けた者に夏目漱石(なつめそうせき)、岡倉由三郎(おかくらよしさぶろう)、上田貞次郎(うえだていじろう)らがいる。養父を継ぎ男爵となり、貴族院議員やワシントン軍縮会議(1921)の全権徳川家達(とくがわいえさと)に随行する顧問も務めた。

[菊地康人 2018年10月19日]

[参照項目] | 上田貞次郎 | 岡倉由三郎 | 神田孝平 | 夏目漱石 | ワシントン海軍軍縮会議

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