, (1884–1962) was a Japanese naturalist in

Chōsen From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (), the Japanese reading of "Joseon". Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late 1800s. Both Korea (Joseon) and Japan had been under polic ...

(1910–1945). He taught at a preparatory school for

Keijō Imperial University Keijō Imperial University was an National Seven Universities, Imperial University in Keijō (Seoul), Korea, Empire of Japan that existed between 1924 and 1946. The university was seen as the preeminent educational institution in colonial Korea. ...

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

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, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

, he published numerous works on the zoology of the

Korean Peninsula Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically divided at or near the 38th parallel between North Korea (Dem ...

and

Manchuria Manchuria is a historical region in northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day northeast China and parts of the modern-day Russian Far East south of the Uda (Khabarovsk Krai), Uda River and the Tukuringra-Dzhagdy Ranges. The exact ...

. 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 20th-century Japanese biologists 1884 births 1962 deaths Academic staff of Keijō Imperial University {{Japan-scientist-stub