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Mogami Tokunai最上徳内alternative words: Tokunai Mogami keywords: explorer , famous person , northern territory related topics: Edo shogunate , Ezochi , Honda Toshiaki related web sites: http://www.marimo.or.jp/~nmcinfo/mugenko/p05/P043_1.htm explanation: Explorer of Ezochi, actual Hokkaido, Sakhalin and Kuril, at the end of Edo period. Born in 1754 in Yamagata prefecture, he learned first astronomy and surveying technique at Tokyo from a mathematician, Honda Toshiaki. Engaged by Edo shogunate instead of Toshiaki, he explored different parts of Ezochi, especially south Kuril (1786) and south Sakhalin (1792). Knowing Ainu and Russian languages, he gave good advises about Ezochi to Edo shogunate. He died in 1836. | |