Vladimir Iossifowitsch Jamatow

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Vladimir Iosifovich Jamatow , before baptism 1858 Massudo Koossai and Tazibana-no Koossai (, Russian Владимир Иосифович Яматов * 1820 in Japan † May 31, jul. / 12. June  1885 greg. ) Was a Japanese - Russian Japanese studies .

Life

In December 1854, the frigate Diana of the Evfimi Vasilyevich Putjatin mission sank in the port of Shimoda as a result of an earthquake . The Russian team set up camp nearby. There Koossai came to the Russian interpreter Iossif Antonowitsch Goschkewitsch , who wanted to improve his knowledge of the Japanese language . The Japanese government suspected that Koossai was providing the Russian with information about Japan and ordered his execution under a 1637 law. Goschkewitsch then smuggled Koossai in a box onto the Russian brig Greta , on which he left Japan with him in July 1855 . In Hong Kong Goschkewitsch fell due to the ongoing Crimean war in British captivity. While in captivity, Goschkewitsch created the first Japanese - Russian dictionary with the help of Koossai . After the end of the Crimean War, Goschkewitsch came to St. Petersburg with Koossai in 1856 .

In St. Petersburg, Koossai was employed in the Asia Department of the Foreign Ministry, where he then worked as an interpreter. The Japanese-Russian dictionary was printed in 1857, and in 1858 he was baptized with Goschkewitsch as father. He chose his family name with a view to the ancient kingdom of Yamato . In 1870, Vasily Pavlovich Wassiljew pointed out the necessity of teaching Japanese at the Chinese - Mongolian Faculty for Eastern Languages ​​at the University of St. Petersburg , as had already been introduced in Paris and Vienna . Yamatov then began his Japanese course at St. Petersburg University for free. In 1872 he was in charge of the Iwakura mission .

In 1874 Jamatow returned to Japan.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Яматов (Владимир Иосифович) . In: Brockhaus-Efron . XLIa, 1904, pp. 651 ( Wikisource [accessed August 22, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Японско-русский словарь, составленный И. Гошкевичем при пособии японца Тацибана-но Коосай . St. Petersburg 1857.
personal data
SURNAME Jamatov, Vladimir Iossifowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koossai, Massudo; Koossai, Tazibana-no; Яматов, Владимир Иосифович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese-Russian Japanologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Japan
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1885
Place of death Japan