Abstract
Born at Shiba, Edo, died at Nakano, Tokyo at the age of 70. Among the members of Sapporo Band, he was the first convert to Christianity as he was baptized by Rev. Walter Dening at the official residence of Dr. William S. Clark on the day of his arrival, July 31, 1876. It was just two weeks before the opening ceremony was held at Sapporo Agricultural College.After leaving school, he engaged in marine product iftdustries both gavernmental and private.At the beginning of 1900, he was invited to the important post in chief management and removed to the oil company in Niigata Prefecture. During his term of office, he translated English word“efficiency”into Japanese word“noritsu”.At the end of Meiji Era, his original Japanese word for“efficiency”was added to the newly compiled English-Japanese Dictionary.As a faithful disciple of Dr. Clark, he was a wellbehaved leader in temperance movement of Japan.
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