Takato Nihee - Takato Nihee

Mountaineer. Born in Fukazawa Village, Niigata Prefecture. His real name was Shoku. He studied Chinese classics in Tokyo, and climbed Mt. Fuji in 1898 (Meiji 31). After reading Shiga Shigetaka's "Nihon Fukeiron" (Theory of Japanese Landscapes), he became passionate about mountaineering, and made many climbs during the dawn of mountaineering in the Meiji era, including Mt. Fuji, Mt. Yari, and Mt. Kiso-Ontake. He was a strong financial supporter of the Japan Alpine Club when it was founded. He was the second president of the club and an honorary member. There is a bronze statue of him at the summit of Mt. Yahiko in Niigata Prefecture. He wrote "Nihon Sangakushi," known as Japan's first mountaineering encyclopedia.

[Tokuhisa Kyuuou]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

登山家。新潟県深沢村生まれ。本名式(しょく)。東京で漢文を学び、1898年（明治31）富士山に登り、志賀重昂(しげたか)の『日本風景論』を読み、登山に意欲を燃やし、富士山、槍(やり)ヶ岳、木曽御嶽(きそおんたけ)など明治の登山の黎明(れいめい)期に多くの登山を行った。日本山岳会発足のときには財政面から強力な支持者となった。第2代日本山岳会会長、名誉会員。新潟県弥彦(やひこ)山頂には銅像がある。日本最初の山岳百科事典として知られる『日本山嶽志(さんがくし)』を著した。

［徳久球雄］

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