Empire of Japan

==Notable scholars/scientists==

===19th century===

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|width=120|File:Sakugoro Hirase.jpg|[[Hirase Sakugorō]] (1856–1925) was a botanist, who won the [[Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy|Imperial Prize]] in 1912.|File:Otsuki Fumihiko signed photo.png|[[Ōtsuki Fumihiko]] (1847–1928), editor of two well-known Japanese-language [[dictionaries]], ''Genkai'' ({{lang|ja|言海}}, "sea of words", 1891) and its successor ''Daigenkai'' ({{lang|ja|大言海}}, "great sea of words", 1932–1937)|File:Ito Keisuke.jpg|Baron [[Keisuke Ito (botanist)|Keisuke Ito]] (1803–1901) was a biologist and a professor at the [[Imperial Universities|Imperial University in Tokyo]] (University of Tokyo).
|File:Kiyoo Wadachi 01.jpg|[[Kiyoo Wadati]] (1902–1995) was a seismologist, who won the [[Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy|Imperial Prize]] in 1932.|File:Teiji Takagi photographed by Shigeru Tamura.jpg|[[Teiji Takagi]] (1875–1960) was a mathematician who made seminal contributions to [[class field theory]], and a member of the selection committee for the first [[Fields Medal]].}}

====Anthropologists, ethnologists, archaeologists, and historians====
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*[[Ōtsuki Fumihiko]] (1847–1928)
*[[Yusuke Hashiba]] (1851–1921)
*[[Koganei Yoshikiyo]] (1859–1944)
*[[Naitō Torajirō]] (1866–1934)
*[[Inō Kanori]] (1867–1925)
*[[Torii Ryūzō]] (1870–1953)
*Fujioka Katsuji (1872–1935)
*[[Masaharu Anesaki]] (1873–1949)
*[[Kunio Yanagita]] (1875–1962)
*[[Ushinosuke Mori]] (1877–1926)
*[[Ryūsaku Tsunoda]] (1877–1964)
*[[Kōsaku Hamada]] (1881–1938)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Kyōsuke Kindaichi]] (1882–1971)
*[[Tetsuji Morohashi]] (1883–1982)
*[[Tsuruko Haraguchi]] (1886–1915)
*[[Shinobu Orikuchi]] (1887–1953)
*[[Zenchū Nakahara]] (1890–1964)
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====Medical scientists, biologists, evolutionary theorists, and geneticists====
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*[[Keisuke Ito (botanist)|Keisuke Ito]] (1803–1901)
*[[Kusumoto Ine]] (1827–1903)
*[[Nagayo Sensai]] (1838–1902)
*[[Tanaka Yoshio]] (1838–1916)
*[[Nagai Nagayoshi]] (1844–1929)
*Miyake Hiizu (1848–1938)
*[[Takaki Kanehiro]] (1849–1920)
*[[Kitasato Shibasaburō]] (1853–1931)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Hirase Sakugorō]] (1856–1925)
*[[Jinzō Matsumura]] (1856–1928)
*Juntaro takahashi (1856–1920)
*[[Aoyama Tanemichi]] (1859–1917)
*[[Yoichirō Hirase]] (1859–1925)
*[[Ishikawa Chiyomatsu]] (1861–1935)
*[[Tomitaro Makino]] (1862–1957)
*[[Yamagiwa Katsusaburō]] (1863–1930)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] Yu Fujikawa (1865–1940)
*[[Fujiro Katsurada]] (1867–1946)
*[[Kamakichi Kishinouye]] (1867–1929)
*[[Yasuyoshi Shirasawa]] (1868–1947)
*[[Takuji Iwasaki]] (1869–1937)
*[[Kiyoshi Shiga]] (1871–1957)
*[[Heijiro Nakayama]] (1871–1956)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Sunao Tawara]] (1873–1952)
*[[Bunzō Hayata]] (1874–1934)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Ryukichi Inada]] (1874–1950)
*[[Kensuke Mitsuda]] (1876–1964)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Hideyo Noguchi]] (1876–1928)
*[[Fukushi Masaichi]] (1878–1956)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Takaoki Sasaki]] (1878–1966)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Gennosuke Fuse]] (1880–1946)
*[[Kono Yasui]] (1880–1971)
*[[Hakaru Hashimoto]] (1881–1934)
*[[Ichiro Miyake]] (1881–1964)
*[[Kunihiko Hashida]] (1882–1945)
*[[Takenoshin Nakai]] (1882–1952)
*[[Kyusaku Ogino]] (1882–1975)
*[[Gen-ichi Koidzumi]] (1883–1953)
*[[Makoto Nishimura]] (1883–1956)
*[[Shintarō Hirase]] (1884–1939)
*[[Tamezo Mori]] (1884–1962)
*[[Kanesuke Hara]] (1885–1962)
*[[Chōzaburō Tanaka]] (1885–1976)
*[[Michiyo Tsujimura]] (1888–1969)
*[[Yaichirō Okada]] (1892–1976)
*[[Ikuro Takahashi (botanist)|Ikuro Takahashi]] (1892–1981)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Hitoshi Kihara]] (1893–1986)
*[[Satyu Yamaguti]] (1894–1976)
*[[Kinichiro Sakaguchi]] (1897–1994)
*[[Minoru Shirota]] (1899–1982)
*[[Genkei Masamune]] (1899–1993)
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==== Inventors, industrialists, engineers ====
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*[[Tanaka Hisashige]] (1799–1881)
*[[Ōshima Takatō]] (1826–1901)
*[[Yamao Yōzō]] (1837–1917)
*Murata Tsuneyoshi (1838–1921)
*[[Masuda Takashi]] (1848–1938)
*[[Sasō Sachū]] (1852–1905)
*[[Arisaka Nariakira]] (1852–1915)
*[[Furuichi Kōi]] (1854–1934)
*[[Hirai Seijirō]] (1856–1926)
*[[Dan Takuma]] (1858–1932)
*[[Mikimoto Kōkichi]] (1858–1954)
*Shimose Masachika (1860–1911)
*[[Kotaro Shimomura]] (1861–1937)
*[[Chūhachi Ninomiya]] (1866–1936)
*[[Sakichi Toyoda]] (1867–1930)
*[[Kijirō Nambu]] (1869–1949)
*[[Namihei Odaira]] (1874–1951)
*[[Jujiro Matsuda]] (1875–1952)
*Masuda Tarokaja (1875–1953)
*[[Ryōichi Yazu]] (1878–1908)
*[[Yoshisuke Aikawa]] (1880–1967)
*[[Noritsugu Hayakawa]] (1881–1942)
*[[Miekichi Suzuki]] (1882–1936)
*[[Chikuhei Nakajima]] (1884–1949)
*[[Hidetsugu Yagi]] (1886–1976)
*[[Michio Suzuki (inventor)|Michio Suzuki]] (1887–1982)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Yasujiro Niwa]] (1893–1975)
*[[Tokuji Hayakawa]] (1893–1980)
*[[Kōnosuke Matsushita]] (1894–1989)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Kinjiro Okabe]] (1896–1984)
*[[Toshiwo Doko]] (1896–1988)
*[[Kenjiro Takayanagi]] (1899–1990)
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====Philosophers, educators, mathematicians, and polymaths====
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*[[Inoue Enryō]] (1799–1881)
*[[Nishimura Shigeki]] (1828–1902)
*[[Nishi Amane]] (1829–1897)
*[[Kikuchi Dairoku]] (1855–1917)
*[[Hōjō Tokiyuki (Scouting)|Hōjō Tokiyuki]] (1858–1929)
*[[Rikitaro Fujisawa]] (1861–1933)
*[[Mitsutaro Shirai]] (1863–1932)
*[[Nitobe Inazō]] (1862–1933)
*[[Paul Tsuchihashi]] (1866–1965)
*[[Kintarô Okamura]] (1867–1935)
*Totsudō Katō (1870–1949)
*[[Tsuruichi Hayashi]] (1873–1935)
*[[Yoshio Mikami]] (1875–1950)
*[[Teiji Takagi]] (1875–1960)
*[[Matsusaburo Fujiwara]] (1881–1946)
*[[Yoshishige Abe]] (1883–1966)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Sōichi Kakeya]] (1886–1947)
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====Chemists, physicists, and geologists====
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*[[Takamine Jōkichi|Jōkichi Takamine]] (1854–1922)
*[[Yamakawa Kenjirō]] (1854–1931)
*[[Sekiya Seikei]] (1855–1896)
*[[Tanakadate Aikitsu]] (1856–1952)
*[[Kikunae Ikeda]] (1864–1936)
*[[Masataka Ogawa]] (1865–1930)
*[[Hantaro Nagaoka]] (1865–1950)
*[[Fusakichi Omori]] (1868–1923)
*[[Shin Hirayama]] (1868–1945)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Hisashi Kimura]] (1870–1943)
*[[Akitsune Imamura]] (1870–1948)
*[[Kotaro Honda]] (1870–1954)
*[[Harutaro Murakami]] (1872–1947)
*[[Shinzo Shinjo]] (1873–1938)
*[[Umetaro Suzuki]] (1874–1943)
*[[Kiyotsugu Hirayama]] (1874–1943)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] Suekichi Kinoshita (1877–1935)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Torahiko Terada]] (1878–1935)
*[[Masatoshi Ōkōchi]] (1878–1952)
*[[Keiichi Aichi]] (1880–1923)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Jun Ishiwara]] (1881–1947)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Yasuhiko Asahina]] (1881–1975)
*[[Satoyasu Iimori]] (1885–1982)
*[[Akira Ogata]] (1887–1978)
*[[Yoshio Nishina]] (1890–1951)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Tokushichi Mishima]] (1893–1975)
*[[Masuzo Shikata]] (1895–1964)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Hakaru Masumoto]] (1895–1987)
*[[Okuro Oikawa]] (1896–1970)
*[[File:Japanese Crest Jyuuroku Kiku.svg|18px|Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy]] [[Ozawa Yoshiaki]] (1899–1929)
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===20th century===
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*[[Mako (actor)|Mako]]
*[[Yoji Ito]]
*[[Satosi Watanabe]]
*[[Seiji Naruse]]
*[[Takeo Doi (aircraft designer)|Takeo Doi]]
*[[Tatsuo Hasegawa]]
*[[Kiro Honjo]]
*[[Jiro Horikoshi]]
*[[Hideo Itokawa]]
*[[Soichiro Honda]]
*[[Yanosuke Hirai]]
*[[Katsuji Miyazaki]]
*[[Shinroku Momose]]
*[[Ryoichi Nakagawa]]
*[[Jiro Tanaka]]
*[[Noriaki Fukuyama]]
*[[Eizaburo Nishibori]]
*[[Shin'ichirō Tomonaga]]
*[[Kiyoo Wadati]]
*[[Shokichi Iyanaga]]
*[[Hideki Yukawa]]
*[[Takeo Hatanaka]]
*[[Kazuo Kubokawa]]
*[[Tomizo Yoshida]]
*[[Kiyosi Itô]]
*[[Shoichi Sakata]]
*[[Yutaka Taniyama]]
*[[Kôdi Husimi]]
*[[Seishi Kikuchi]]
*[[Taketani Mitsuo]]
*[[Takahiko Yamanouchi]]
*[[Shigeyoshi Matsumae]]
*[[Shigeo Shingo]]
*[[Nobuchika Sugimura]]
*[[Jisaburo Ohwi]]
*[[Yo Takenaka]]
*[[Sanshi Imai]]
*[[Kikutaro Baba]]
*[[Katsuzo Kuronuma]]
*[[Yasunori Miyoshi]]
*[[Katsuma Dan]]
*[[Hiroshi Nakamura (biochemist)|Hiroshi Nakamura]]
*[[Ukichiro Nakaya]]
*[[Yusuke Hagihara]]
*[[Isao Imai (physicist)|Isao Imai]]
*[[Shintaro Uda]]
*[[Kinjiro Okabe]]
*[[Ozawa Yoshiaki]]
*[[Issac Koga|Issaku Koga]]
*[[Yuzuru Hiraga]]
*[[Jiro Horikoshi]]
*[[Yoshiro Okabe]]
*[[Motonori Matuyama]]
*[[Masauji Hachisuka]]
*[[Tokubei Kuroda]]
*Hikosaka Tadayoshi
*[[Bunsaku Arakatsu]]
*Shinji Maejima
*[[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]]
*[[Toshihiko Izutsu]]
*Kawachi Yoshihiro
*Katsutada Sezawa
*Katsura Kotaro
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