Togo Yoshida

Japanese: 吉田東伍 - よしだ・とうご

Year of death: January 22, 1918
Year of birth: 15 May 1864 (Genji 1.4.10)
A pioneering historian and historical geographer of the Meiji and Taisho periods. Some say he was born on April 14th. He was born as the third son of the Hatano family in Kambara County, Echigo (Niigata Prefecture). After graduating from elementary school, he became an elementary school teacher and was adopted by the Yoshida family of Oshika Shinden (Niitsu City). During this time, he moved to Hokkaido and submitted the results of his diligent reading to newspapers and magazines under pen names such as "Okkosei." In particular, his letters to the editor of Shikai caught the attention of chief editor Taguchi Uokichi, and became a stepping stone to academia. He was introduced to the newspaper by his relative Ichishima Kenkichi, and serialized "Tokugawa Seicho Ko" in the Yomiuri Shimbun, and served as a reporter in the Sino-Japanese War. He also wrote "Nihon Kanko Koshi Dan" (An Account of Ancient Japanese and Korean History), solidifying his position in academia. His research covered all areas of Japanese history, and in the field of historical geography, he led the way with works such as the Dai Nihon Chimei Jisho (11 volumes) and Nihon Dokushi Chizu (A Guide to Japanese History). In the field of social and economic history there is "Outline of the Shoen System," and in the field of modern history there is "Eight Lectures on the History of the Meiji Restoration," and there is also the general history "Inverted Japanese History" (12 volumes in total) which includes the issue of a historical perspective that goes back further than the present. The discovery of "Zeami's Sixteen Parts" also stimulated the academic world. The issues raised in "History of the Sea," "Considerations on Tone River Flood Control," and the collection of essays "Research on Japanese Historical Geography" are still attracting attention today. <References> "Recollections of Dr. Yoshida Togo," edited by Takahashi Genichiro

(Eiichi Matsushima)

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

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没年：大正7.1.22(1918)
生年：元治1.4.10(1864.5.15)
明治大正期の先駆的な歴史学・歴史地理学者。4月14日誕生説もある。越後(新潟県)蒲原郡の旗野家の3男に生まれ,小学校卒業後,小学校教員になり,大鹿新田(新津市)の吉田家の養子となった。この間北海道に渡り,読書に励んだ成果などを新聞・雑誌に「落後生」などの筆名で投稿,特に『史海』への投書論考は,主筆田口卯吉の注目をひき,学界への登竜門となった。また親戚の市島謙吉に紹介され「徳川政教考」を『読売新聞』に連載し,日清戦争に記者として従軍。また『日韓古史断』を書いて,学界での地位を固めた。その研究は日本歴史の全分野にわたり,歴史地理学の分野で『大日本地名辞書』(全11冊),『日本読史地図』などが先鞭をつけている。社会経済史の分野では『庄園制度之大要』が,近代史の分野では『維新史八講』があり,現代より過去にさかのぼるという歴史的視野の問題を含む通史『倒叙日本史』(全12巻)もある。また『世阿弥十六部集』の発見は学界を刺激した。『海の歴史』『利根川治水論考』や,論文集『日本歴史地理之研究』の問題提起は今日でも注目される。<参考文献>高橋源一郎編『吉田東伍博士追懐録』

(松島榮一)

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