Inokichi Kubo

Inokichi Kubo (久保 猪之吉, Kubo Inokichi, 26 December 1874 – 12 November 1939) was a Japanese pioneer of otorhinolaryngology and professor at Fukuoka Medical School (now part of Kyushu University).

Inokichi Kubo
Born(1874-12-26)26 December 1874
Died12 November 1939(1939-11-12) (aged 91)
NationalityJapanese
EducationTokyo Imperial University
OccupationProfessor
Medical career
FieldOtorhinolaryngology
InstitutionsFukuoka Medical School
AwardsLégion d'honneur

Prof. Kubo (front row, 7th from the left) and his department in 1920
Kubo Museum
Kubo Museum: doorplate in German

He graduated from The Medical School of Tokyo Imperial University (東京帝国大学医科大学, Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku Ika Daigaku) in 1900, and went on an overseas study program to Gustav Killian at University of Freiburg in 1903. Four years later he returned to Japan, where he took up the post of professor at Fukuoka Medical School.

His wife, Yorie (より江), was a haiku poet from Matsuyama.[1] As Kubo was a well-known poet too, their home in Fukuoka soon became the social center for poets in Northern Kyushu while attracting poets and novelists from afar.

One of his patient was Takashi Nagatsuka the poet.[2][3] Kubo was one of the pioneers of otorhinolaryngology in Japan, and was selected as a representative of his country for the first International Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology at Copenhagen (1913). In 1934 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur.

Kubo was famous for his Haiku (俳句)- and Waka (和歌)-poetry, started as a pupil of Kyoshi Takahama. As a poet he found a mentor in Naobumi Ochiai, with Saishu Onoe formed Ikazuchi kai, and created friendship with Byakuren Yanagihara. In February 1913, Kubo began publishing a magazine "Enigma" (『エニグマ』)[4] for his circle of poets and haiku. It was in its May issue that Byakuren Yanagihara contributed her work "Hitou" (『緋桃』) (Himomo, peach flowers in bright pink), and in the same issue, Kubo and his wife also published their workes as well; Inokichi "Aruto Haideruberuku ni tsuite" (『「アルトハイデルベルク」に就いて』) (Thinking about 'Alt-Heidelberg') and Yorie "Tsukushi kudari" (『筑紫下り』) (Sailing down Tsukushi river).[5]

There is a small museum at Kyushu University honouring his achievements.[6]

Book for Dr. Ino Kubo's 60th Birthday

A book to commemorate Dr. Inokichi Kubo's 60th birthday was dedicated by his friends and colleagues in the field of otorhinolaryngology, titled with his nickname as "Ino Kubo". Numerous notable researchers and practitioners contributed.[7]

References
  1. Yorie Kubo was influenced by Natsume Sōseki while he had worked in her hometown Matsuyama, and later formed ENIGMA in Fukuoka in 1913. "Hakatato Kitakyūshūno bunka saron (Salons in northern Kyushu: Inokichi and Yorie Kubo in Hakata, Kyōsuke Soda in Kitakyūshū)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. "Chronology of Works of Kubo Inokichi and Yorie - Hometown History"久保猪之吉、より江年表 - ふるさと歴史シリーズ「博多に強くなろう」(西日本シティ銀行) (in Japanese). Nishinihon Shiti Ginko. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. Takashi Nagatsuka as a patient of Inokichi Kubo was hospitalised to pass away on campus.長塚節 逝去の地 (in Japanese). Kyushu University. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. Inoue, Yoko (August 2003). "Enigma hakko no keii to somokuji: Furoku Kubo Inokichi Ryakunempu (Origin of "Enigma" with index, appendix; Chronology of Inokichi Kubo's works and members of his haiku group)". Josetsu (in Japanese). II (6).
  5. "Chronology of Modern Literature and Cultural History in Fukuoka Area; 2nd year of Taisho or 1913"『福岡都市圏近代文学文化年表 (大正2年)』 (in Japanese). Kyushu University. 1913. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. Kubo Memorial Museum (久保記念館) W Michel (2009). "The Kubo Memorial Building - The first Japanese Museum for Medical History, Centennial Publication of the Department for Otorhinolaryngology" (PDF). Kyushu University Institutional Repository. Fukuoka: Kyushu University: 143–149. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  7. Festschrift Ino. Kubo zu seinem 60. Geburtstag, 26. Dezember 1934, von seinen ausländischen Freunden gewidmet (in German and Japanese). Tokyo: Herald Press. 1934.
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