, (1884–1962) was a Japanese naturalist in

Chōsen Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business offici ...

(1910–1945). He taught at a preparatory school for Keijō Imperial University in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

from 1909 until he was expelled by the American forces in 1945. Primarily an

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish ( Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish ( Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of O ...

, he published numerous works on the zoology of the

Korean Peninsula Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic ...

and

Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer M ...

. Some of these, such as his ''Checklist of the Fishes of Korea'' and the 1934 ''Coloured Butterflies from Korea'', are still in print.

References

*Austin, Oliver. 1948. The Birds of Korea. ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College'' 101 no.

*Vladykov, V. & Greeley, J. 1963. ''Order Acipenseroidei'' in Soft-rayed Bony fishes : class Osteichthyes, order Acipenseroidei, order Lepisostei, order Isospondyli, suborder Elopoidea, suborder Clupeoidea, suborder Salmonoidea. ''Fishes of the Western North Atlantic''. Sears Foundation for Marine Researc

Japanese people of Korea under Japanese rule Japanese biologists 1884 births 1962 deaths 20th-century biologists {{Japan-scientist-stub