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From Samurai to Engineer-Manager: The Case Study of Ōhara Junnosuke (1859-96), Mining Specialist in Meiji Japan

From Samurai to Engineer-Manager: The Case Study of Ōhara Junnosuke (1859-96), Mining Specialist in Meiji Japan

Pauer, Erich

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralTechnology & EngineeringJapanese History

ISBN10: 9048570700
ISBN13: 9789048570706
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 27 2026
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

From Samurai to Engineer-Manager reconstructs the life and work of the Japanese mining engineer Ōhara Junnosuke in the early decades of Japan's industrialization.

While Japan's political and socio-economic development during the Meiji period has been extensively researched, the technological/technical foundations that were crucial to its success have remained largely obscure. Drawing on unique, mostly handwritten sources including lecture notes, internship and work experience reports, travelogues and diaries, the example of Ōhara Junnosuke illustrates the beginnings of engineering education in Japan and its intertwining with the subsequent professional career of the protagonist. Born in 1859 into a samurai family, Ōhara Junnosuke studied at the Imperial College of Engineering in Tōkyō, the first higher technical school in Japan. He worked for the Ministry of Public Works, then joined a private mining company as head manager of the Ōmori Mine in Iwami, where he oversaw the construction of a modern silver production plant. His premature death in 1896 ended a promising career.

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