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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 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]].

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 (including with E.B. Tylor, a prominent early figure in British archaeology), he become a professor at his alma mater in [[1892]].

Shôgorô reportedly received severe reprimands from the [[Imperial Household Agency]] after excavating an imperial-connected ''[[kofun]]'' in Kyushu in [[1890]]; though remaining prominent and active in the archaeological and anthropological professional field and in related activities, he reportedly acquired an aversion to ''kofun'' excavations and even to some extent to [[Kofun period]] topics after that.<ref>Simon Kaner, Ishibashi Foundation lectures.</ref>

Shôgorô reportedly received severe reprimands from the [[Imperial Household Agency]] after excavating an imperial-connected ''[[kofun]]'' in Kyushu in [[1890]]; though remaining prominent and active in the archaeological and anthropological professional field and in related activities, he reportedly acquired an aversion to ''kofun'' excavations and even to some extent to [[Kofun period]] topics after that.<ref>Simon Kaner, Ishibashi Foundation lectures.</ref>