A proponent of standard gymnastics. Born in Nakayama Village, Shimousa Province (Nakayama, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture). He moved to Tokyo at the age of 15 to study English, and entered university in 1871 (Meiji 4). After graduating from Miyagi English School, he became a teacher at the newly opened Gymnastics Training School in 1879, and as an interpreter for the head professor, George Adams Leland (1850-1924, American), he devoted himself to introducing the theory and practice of Leland. His book, Shinsen Taisosho (New Selection of Exercises) (1882), is a translation of Leland's lectures. In 1885, he co-authored with Tanaka Morinori (date of birth and death unknown) and published Outdoor Play Methods (also known as Outdoor Exercise Methods), which can be said to be the first sports commentary written by a Japanese person. He later became a professor at Tokyo Higher Normal School (now the University of Tsukuba), and when he returned to Japan from a tour of Europe and the United States in 1902 (Meiji 35), he brought back some table tennis equipment that he had learned about overseas as a souvenir and introduced it to Japan. [Yozo Otani September 19, 2018] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
普通体操の推進者。下総(しもうさ)国中山村(千葉県市川市中山)出身。15歳のとき上京して英語を学び、1871年(明治4)大学得業生となる。宮城英語学校を経て、1879年新たに開設された体操伝習所の教師となり、主任教授リーランドGeorge Adams Leland(1850―1924。アメリカ)の通訳として、その学説ならびに実践の紹介に尽くした。その著書『新撰(しんせん)体操書』(1882)はリーランドの講義を訳述したものである。さらに1885年には田中盛業(生没年不詳)と共著で『戸外遊戯法』(一名『戸外運動法』)を出したが、これは日本人によって書かれた最初のスポーツ解説書ともいうべきものである。のち東京高等師範学校(現、筑波(つくば)大学)教授となり、1902年(明治35)欧米視察を終わり帰国の際、外国で覚えた卓球の用具を土産(みやげ)に持ち帰り、これを日本に紹介した。 [大谷要三 2018年9月19日] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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