Mogami Tokunai (最上 徳内, c. 1755 – October 14, 1836) was a Japanese samurai, geographer and explorer.
Mogami Tokunai | |
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 Mogami Tokunai in 1826 | |
| Born | 1755 |
| Died | 1836 (aged 80–81) |
Mogami was born in Dewa Province in what is now part of Yamagata Prefecture).[1]
He explored and mapped Hokkaido and Sakhalin and some of the Kuril Islands in 1785–1786. In his reports to the Tokugawa shogunate, he emphasized the need to defend the islands.[1] He compiled a preliminary Ainu-Japanese dictionary in Ezo Soshi.
Selected works
editIn a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Mogami Tokunai, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 20+ works in 40+ publications in 3 languages and 130+ library holdings.[2]
- 蝦夷草紙 (1790)
- 蝦夷國風俗人情之沙汰 (1791)
- 蝦夷方言藻汐草 (1804)
- 度量衡統 (1804)
Notes
edit- ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). "Mogami Tokunai". Japan Encyclopedia. Translated by Käthe Roth. Harvard University Press. p. 654. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ^ WorldCat Identities: 最上德內1754 or 5-1836
References
edit- 最上徳内 150年祭実行委員会 (Mogami Tokunai Sesquicentennial Committee). (1987). 最上徳内の遺徳を偲ぶ: 百五十年祭記念誌 (Mogami Tokunai no itoku o shinobu: hyaku-gojūnensai kinenshi. OCLC 022705749
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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