Yokoi Tokifuyu

Japanese: 横井時冬 - よこい・ときふゆ

Year of death: April 18, 1906 (Meiji 39)
Year of birth: December 14, 6th year of Ansei (January 6th, 1860)
A Meiji-era historian and doctor of literature. Born in Nagoya as the son of a Nagoya feudal lord. Graduated from Tokyo Senmon Gakko (Waseda University) in 1887, and became a professor at the Higher Commercial School (Hitotsubashi University) in 1895. As a relative of Yokoi Chiaki, a scholar of Japanese classics who was a student of Motoori Norinaga, he was influenced by classical scholars such as Konakamura Kiyonori and Motoori Toyoaki, and his academic style combined documentary research with the actual state of social economy, establishing a general history of commerce and industry by field. With a deep knowledge of arts and crafts, he participated in business and industrial education and contributed to the promotion of industry as an inspector for the National Industrial Exposition. <Works> "Complete Works of Yokoi Tokifuyu", "History of Japanese Commerce", "History of Japanese Industry", "Geisado Juzai"

(Nobuhide Akimoto)

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

Japanese:

没年：明治39.4.18(1906)
生年：安政6.12.14(1860.1.6)
明治時代の歴史家,文学博士。名古屋藩士の子として名古屋に生まれた。明治20(1887)年に東京専門学校(早稲田大学)を卒業,28年高等商業学校(一橋大学)教授になる。本居宣長門下の国学者横井千秋の同族であったので,小中村清矩・本居豊穎らの古典的な学者たちの薫陶を受けて,学風は文献の考証と社会経済の実態を結合させ,商工業の分野別通史を確立した。美術・工芸に造詣が深く,商業・工業教育に参画し,内国勧業博覧会の監査官として産業の振興に寄与した。<著作>『横井時冬全集』『日本商業史』『日本工業史』『芸窓襍載』

(秋元信英)

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