Takichirō Moriyama

Japanese: 森山多吉郎 - もりやま・たきちろう

Year of death: March 16, 1871 (May 5, 1871)
Year of birth: 1820.7.10
A Dutch interpreter and English scholar in the late Edo period. His first name was Einosuke, his given name was Kennao, and his pen name was Chayama. Born in Nagasaki, he became the lowest ranking junior interpreter in 1837, and in 1848 he learned English from the American drifter MacDonald. In 1849 he co-edited the English Language Dictionary Wako with Nishi Yoshibei and others, but the project was discontinued. He was involved in diplomacy with Russian envoy Putyatin in 1851, American envoy Perry in 1854, Consul Harris in 1854, Takeuchi's European envoy in 1861, the Joi Incident, and the opening of the port of Hyogo in 1868. He was the head of the Hyogo magistrate's control group. He was a capable diplomat, described by British envoy Alcock as "a man who could be trusted and who could exchange information with the British." <References> Shigezumi Saneo, "Research on Western Language Teaching Methods," Ishihara Chisato, "The English Language Dictionary Reconciliation and its Editors" (Research on the History of English Studies 17), Itabashi Michiyuki, "Moriyama Takichirō and Fukuzawa Yukichi" (Japanese History No. 121)

(Akira Mukai)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：明治4.3.16(1871.5.5)
生年：文政3.6.1(1820.7.10)
幕末の阿蘭陀通詞,英学者。初名栄之助,諱は憲直,号は茶山。長崎に生まれ,天保8(1837)年小通詞末席,嘉永1(1848)年漂流米人マクドナルドに英語を学ぶ。同3年『エゲレス語辞書和解』を西吉兵衛らと共編,中断。同6年ロシア使節プチャーチン,安政1(1854)年米国使節ペリー,同4年領事ハリス,文久1(1861)年竹内遣欧使節,攘夷事件,慶応3(1868)年兵庫開港の外交に当たる。兵庫奉行支配組頭。英国公使オールコックが「信頼しうる,英人と情報交換できる」人物と評した有能な外交官。<参考文献>茂住実男『洋語教授法研究』,石原千里「『エゲレス語辞書和解』とその編者たち」(『英学史研究』17),板橋倫行「森山多吉郎と福沢諭吉」(『日本歴史』121号)

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