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Tsuboi Shôgorô is considered one of the founders or fathers of anthropology and archaeology in Japan.

Tsuboi Shôgorô is considered one of the founders or fathers of anthropology and archaeology in Japan.

Born in [[Edo]] in [[1863]] the son of [[Tsuboi Shinryo|Tsuboi Shinryô]]<!--坪井信良-->, Shôgorô went on to graduate from [[Tokyo Imperial University]] in [[1886]], founding the Tokyo Anthropological Society that same year. After studying abroad for a time in England and France, he become a professor at his alma mater in [[1892]].

Born in [[Edo]] in [[1863]] the son of [[Tsuboi Shinryo|Tsuboi Shinryô]]<!--坪井信良-->, Shôgorô went on to attend [[Tokyo Imperial University]]; he was one of three men from the university who made the very first discovery of [[Yayoi period]] materials in [[1884]], just outside the campus.<ref>Plaques on-site at University of Tokyo.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15800690658/sizes/k/]</ref> Tsuboi graduated from the Imperial University in [[1886]], and founded the Tokyo Anthropological Society that same year. After studying abroad for a time in England and France, he become a professor at his alma mater in [[1892]].

Among his many works of scholarship, Tsuboi proposed and advocated for the theory that the first indigenous people to occupy the Japanese islands were a people who appear in Ainu legends as the ''[[korpokkur]]''. His so-called "korpokkur theory" was hotly debated by others of the time.

Among his many works of scholarship, Tsuboi proposed and advocated for the theory that the first indigenous people to occupy the Japanese islands were a people who appear in Ainu legends as the ''[[korpokkur]]''. His so-called "korpokkur theory" was hotly debated by others of the time.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9D%AA%E4%BA%95%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%94%E9%83%8E?dic=daijisen&oid=12452200 Tsuboi Shôgorô]," Digital Daijisen, Shogakukan, Inc.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9D%AA%E4%BA%95%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%94%E9%83%8E?dic=daijisen&oid=12452200 Tsuboi Shôgorô]," Digital Daijisen, Shogakukan, Inc.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9D%AA%E4%BA%95%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%94%E9%83%8E?dic=daijisen&oid=12452200 Tsuboi Shôgorô]," Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten, Asahi Shimbunsha.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9D%AA%E4%BA%95%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%94%E9%83%8E?dic=daijisen&oid=12452200 Tsuboi Shôgorô]," Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten, Asahi Shimbunsha.

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]