Tsuneaki Sakamoto

Japanese: 酒勾常明 - さこうつねあき

A representative agronomist and agricultural politician of the Meiji period. Born in Hyogo Prefecture. After graduating from Komaba Agricultural School, he worked at the same school, the University of Tokyo, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, and the Hokkaido Prefectural Government. His works "Improved Japanese Rice Cultivation Methods," which criticized empirical rice cultivation methods, and "Land Adjustment Theory," which added a European touch to Japanese rice field reforms, formed the basis of Meiji farming and contributed to the spread of rice cultivation in Hokkaido and the development of the Arable Land Consolidation Act and the Agricultural Association Act.

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Japanese:

明治の代表的な農学者，農政家。兵庫県出身。駒場農学校卒業後，同校，東大，農商務省，北海道庁に勤務。経験的稲作法を批判した《改良日本稲作法》や日本の田区改正に欧風を加えた《土地整理論》は明治農法の基礎を築き，北海道米作の普及，耕地整理法・農会法等の整備に貢献。

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