is credited with the introduction of rugby to Japan. He was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge and then Trinity Hall, a college of Cambridge University. He introduced rugby to students at Keio University, in 1899, with the help of Edward Bramwell Clarke. Later, he pursued a career in banking.

See also

  • Anglo-Japanese relations
  • Japan national rugby union team
  • Japan Rugby Football Union
  • Kikuchi Dairoku
  • Japanese students in Britain

References

  • For the historical background see 'Britain's Contribution to the Development of Rugby Football in Japan 1874–1998' by Alison Nish, Chapter 27, Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits , Volume III, Japan Library, 1999
  • Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era, 1868–1912: Pioneers for the Modernization of Japan, by Noboru Koyama, translated by Ian Ruxton, lulu.com, 2004. ).