- Jūji Tanabe
Jūji Tanabe (田部 重治 "Tanabe Jūji",
August 4 ,1884 -September 22 ,1972 ) was a Japanese English literature scholar, teacher, mountain climber.Tanabe was born in
Toyama Prefecture . He majored in English literature at Tokyo Imperial University. He studiedWilliam Wordsworth . He gave lectures on English literature atToyo University ,Hosei University , etc.He climbed the
Japanese Alps andOkuchichibu Mountains . He said the Japanese Alps are great mountains, Okuchichibu Mountains have beautiful greenery and plenty of water. He wrote a book "Japanese Alps and pilgrimage toChichibu " (日本アルプスと秩父巡礼 "Nippon Alps to Chichibu junrei") in 1919. This book was republished as "A mountains and a ravine" (山と渓谷 "yama to keikoku") in 1930.Tanabe and his friend Ritarō Kogure (木暮 理太郎, "Kogure Ritarō", 1873 - 1944) are the most influential persons in Japan about the Okuchichibu Mountains by their account of their travels. There is a monument about them at the foot of the Mt. Kimpu (金峰山, "Kinpu-san") (2599 m).
( ! The name of book "Japanese Alps and pilgrimage to Chichibu" and "A mountains and a ravine" are literal translation by contributor of this article. )
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