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Inō Tadataka
Japanese surveyor and cartographer
In this Japanese name, the surname is Inō.
Inō Tadataka | |
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Statue of Inō Tadataka in Katori City | |
| Born | (1745-02-11)February 11, 1745 Kujūkuri, Kazusa, Tokugawa Shogunate |
| Died | May 17, 1818(1818-05-17) (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Inō Tadataka (伊能 忠敬, February 11, 1745 - May 17, 1818) was a Japanesesurveyor and cartographer.
He is known for completing the first map of Japan using modern surveying techniques.[1]
Early life
Inō was born in the small village of Ozeki in the middle of Kujūkuri beach, in Kazusa Province (in what is now Chiba Prefecture).
He was born to the Jimbō family and his childhood name was Sanjirō. His mother died when he was seven and after a somewhat tumultuous childhood (not uncommon at the time),[2] he was adopted (age 17) by the prosperous Inō family of Sawara (now a district of Katori, Chiba), a town in Shimōsa Province.
He ran the family bus