Okada Takematsu

Okada Takematsu

Okada Takematsu ( Japanese 岡田武松 ; born 17th August 1874 in Abiko ( Chiba Prefecture ), died 2. September 1956 ) was a Japanese meteorologist.

Live and act

In his youth, Okada Takematsu saw the great floods caused by the Tonegawa River at that time , and began to be interested in the weather and disaster control. After graduating from the University of Tokyo in physics in 1899, he entered the State Meteorological Office (気 象 庁, Kishō-chō). In 1923 he became director of the weather department and in 1930 president of the "Meteorological Society of Japan" (日本 気 象 学会, Nihon Kishō gakkai). Okada introduced important innovations to Japanese meteorology, such as aerial weather observation.

In 1949 Okada was awarded the Order of Culture , in 1951 as a person with special cultural merits .

Among his numerous publications on the subject of weather are "Kishōgaku kōwa" (気 象 学 講話), a lecture series that appeared in summaries in 1908, 1910, 1913 and 1916, "Kishōgaku" (気 象 学) - "Meteorology" - from 1927 and his last publication with the title "Regen" (雨, Ame) mentioned, which appeared in 1950.

Remarks

1. ↑ Since the imperial cultural order is not allowed to be associated with money allocations, in 1951 the distinction "person with special cultural merits" was introduced on a normal household basis; it is associated with an honorary salary. As a rule, this minor distinction is awarded first, then - not in every case - the cultural medal. Those who were awarded the Cultural Order before 1951 received the distinction of “person with special cultural merits” and the honorary salary retrospectively in the year of its introduction.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Okada Takematsu . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1136.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Okada is the family name, Takematsu the first name.