Ueno Hidesamuroh

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上野英三郎像 in Tokyo Uni.

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Ueno Hidesamuroh (上野英三郎, Ueno Hidesamurō^?, 1871-1925), sometimes written as Ueno Hidesaburō or Hidesaburoh^[1] is an agricultural scientist, famous in Japan as the owner of the dog Hachikō.

He was born in Hisai (久居市, Hisai-shi^?) (present-day Tsu), Mie Prefecture. In 1895, he graduated from Teikoku Daigaku Nōka Daigaku Nogakka (帝國大學農科大學農學科=Imperial University agriculture university agriculture department), and in the same year entered a graduate school for the agricultural engineering and the farm implement research. He finished his graduate work on July 10, 1900 and began teaching at the Tokyo Imperial University as an assistant professor. In 1902, he became an associate professor in the agricultural university (農科大學助教授, Nōka Daigaku Jyokyōjyu^?).

He made efforts toward the education of arable land readjustment technical experts (耕地整理技術者, Kohchi seiri Gijyutusha^?) at the same time studying drainage and reclamation engineering. The technology of the arable land readjustment was utilized for the imperial capital revival business after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. It was one of historical facts which aren’t too much known. In 1916, he became Professor of Imperial University agriculture university agriculture department (東京帝國大學農科大学教授, Tokyo Teikoku-daigaku Nouka-daigaku kyoujyu^?), and took charge of the agricultural engineering lecture (農業工学講座, Nougyō kōgaku kōza^?). He provided agricultural engineering learning specialization (農業土木学専修, Nōgyō-dobokugaku senshu^?) in the agriculture department.