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*''Other Names'': 上野良太郎 ''(Ueno Ryôtarô)''

*''Other Names'': 上野良太郎 ''(Ueno Ryôtarô)'', 石谷 ''(Sekikoku)''

*''Japanese'': [[町田]]久成 ''(Machida Hisanari)''

*''Japanese'': [[町田]]久成 ''(Machida Hisanari)''

In [[1873]], he co-authored a book on [[falconry]] entitled ''Takagari ichiran'' along with [[Suga Soho|Suga Sôho]].<ref>Gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20880070762/in/dateposted-public/]</ref>

In [[1873]], he co-authored a book on [[falconry]] entitled ''Takagari ichiran'' along with [[Suga Soho|Suga Sôho]].<ref>Gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20880070762/in/dateposted-public/]</ref>

After the Tokyo National Museum was first established in [[1881]], Machida was named its first director the following year. He intended for the museum to be a universal museum, like the British Museum in London, collecting and displaying artifacts from all the cultures of the world. He was a strong supporter of historical research, heritage conservation, and the collection of artifacts for the museum, and helped organize a number of International Expositions to be held in Tokyo which would bring in more objects from across the country and all over the world, to be incorporated into the museum's collections.

After the Tokyo National Museum (at that time called the Ueno Museum) was first established in [[1881]], Machida was named its first director the following year. He intended for the museum to be a universal museum, like the British Museum in London, collecting and displaying artifacts from all the cultures of the world. He was a strong supporter of historical research, heritage conservation, and the collection of artifacts for the museum, and helped organize a number of International Expositions to be held in Tokyo which would bring in more objects from across the country and all over the world, to be incorporated into the museum's collections.

Machida also served for a time as a member of the short-lived [[Genroin|Genrôin]] legislature.

Machida also served for a time as a member of the short-lived [[Genroin|Genrôin]] legislature, and played a prominent role in organizing national and international expositions. After retirement, he took the [[tonsure]], and later became abbot of a branch temple of [[Miidera]] (Onjôji) under the monastic name Sekikoku.

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==References==

==References==

*Plaque at Satsuma students monument outside Kagoshima Chûô train station.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]

*Plaque at Satsuma students monument outside Kagoshima Chûô train station.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]

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