Genpachi Mitsukuri

A historian of the Meiji and Taisho periods. The fourth son of Shuhei, a scholar of Dutch studies. The youngest grandson of Genpo, a doctor of the Tsuyama domain and scholar of Dutch studies. The younger brother of Kikuchi Dairoku, a mathematician who became the president of Tokyo Imperial University and later the Minister of Education. Born on May 29, 1862 in Tsuyama, Mimasaka Province (Okayama Prefecture). Aiming to study zoology, he entered the University of Tokyo, graduating from the Zoology Department of the Faculty of Science and the Graduate School at the same university. In 1886 (Meiji 19), he studied at his own expense at the University of Freiburg in Germany, but due to nearsightedness he switched to history and studied Western history at the University of Tübingen and other institutions. He earned his degree at the same university in 1891 and returned to Japan the following year. He became a professor at the Higher Normal School, a professor at First Higher School, and a lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University. After studying in Germany and France for two years from 1899, he became a professor at the same university and received his Doctor of Literature in 1903 (Meiji 36). His books include "Lectures on Western History," "History of the World War," and "History of the French Revolution." He died in Tokyo on August 9, 1919.

[Masahiro Kanai]

"Genpachi Mitsukuri's 'Quivey' Diary' from his stay in Europe" edited by Fumiko Ide and Michio Shibata (1984, University of Tokyo Press)

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明治・大正時代の歴史学者。蘭学(らんがく)者秋坪(しゅうへい)の四男。津山藩医で蘭学者の阮甫(げんぽ)の末孫。数学者で東京帝国大学総長、のち文部大臣となった菊池大麓(だいろく)の弟にあたる。文久(ぶんきゅう)2年5月29日、美作(みまさか)国（岡山県）津山に生まれる。動物学を志して東京大学に入り、理学部動物学科、同大学院を出て、1886年（明治19）ドイツのフライブルク大学に自費留学したが、近視のため歴史学に転向、チュービンゲン大学その他で西洋史学を研究、同大学で91年学位をとって翌年帰国。高等師範、一高の教授、東京帝国大学講師となり、99年より2年間のドイツ・フランス留学ののち、同大学教授、1903年（明治36）文学博士となる。著書に『西洋史講話』『世界大戦史』『仏蘭西(フランス)大革命史』などがある。大正8年8月9日東京で死去。

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『井手文子・柴田三千雄編『箕作元八・滞欧「箙梅日記」』（1984・東京大学出版会）』

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