Taro Tsujimura

Japanese: 辻村太郎 - つじむらたろう
Taro Tsujimura

Geographer. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, he graduated from the Department of Geology at Tokyo Imperial University, where he majored in geography and geomorphology. He succeeded Yamazaki Naomasa as professor of geography at the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo, where he nurtured talented individuals. With his keen observational skills and comprehensive insight, he pioneered research into Japan's topography and landscapes. He published papers on mountains, glaciers, volcanoes, and fault landforms, and was also deeply interested in cultural geography, biogeography, and nature conservation. He served as president of the Association of Japanese Geographers, and was an honorary member of both the Association and the Japanese Alpine Club.

He wrote many books, including Geomorphology (1925) and Japanese Topography (1929), which were pioneering works in Japanese geomorphology, two volumes of New Geomorphology (1933-1934), and a substantial study, Fault Topography (1942). He also wrote many essays and reviews, including Cultural Geography (1941), Lectures on Landscape Geography (1937), and Landscape Theory (1955). He also wrote Mountains (1942), Coast Geography (1948), as well as excellent essays such as Japanese Landscape (1958), Late Autumn Record (1940), and Yellow Leaves Collection (1958).

[Shinzo Kiuchi]

"The Collected Works of Taro Tsujimura, 7 volumes (1985, 1986, Heibonsha)"

[References] | Landscape geography | Nature conservation | Biogeography | Geography | Yamazaki Naokata

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

地理学者。神奈川県出身、東京帝国大学地質学科を出て、地理学、地形学を専攻し、山崎直方(やまさきなおまさ)の後を継ぎ、東京大学理学部地理学教授として人材を育成した。鋭い観察眼と総合的な識見によって、日本の地形および景観研究を開いた。山地、氷河、火山、断層地形などの論文があり、文化地理学、生物地理学、自然保護などにも関心が深かった。日本地理学会会長を務め、その名誉会員、日本山岳会名誉会員であった。

 多くの著述があり、『地形学』(1925)、『日本地形誌』(1929)は日本地形学の先駆であり、『新考地形学』(1933~1934)2巻、『断層地形論考』(1942)は充実した研究である。『文化地理学』(1941)、『景観地理学講話』(1937)、『景観論』(1955)をはじめ多数の論文、書評がある。また『山』(1942)、『海岸の地理』(1948)のほか、『日本の景観』(1958)、『晩秋記』(1940)、『黄葉集』(1958)などは優れたエッセイである。

[木内信藏]

『『辻村太郎著作集』全7巻(1985、1986・平凡社)』

[参照項目] | 景観地理学 | 自然保護 | 生物地理学 | 地形学 | 山崎直方

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