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Japan opened its doors to internationalization in the middle of the 19th century, with the Meiji Restoration in 1868 being the turning point in the country's history. Studies of natural history had existed, though in primitive form, before this period in Japan. They were mostly done under the influence of western science from Holland, the only western country that had diplomatic contact with Japan, Although recently renewed attention is being paid to them, the attention is generally from the standpoint of either historical curiosity or artistic appreciation. The opening of the first Japanese university, the Tokyo Imperial University (T.I.U., to be called Tokyo University after 1946), in 1877 marked the start of in-depth academic activities on biology. Studies in embryology started in the late 19th century at the T.I.U. This is largely credited to American professors who took up teaching posts in the University,includingsuchnames as Edward Sylvester Morse, Bashford Dean and others. Particularly, Dr. Charles Otis Whitman (1842-1910, Fig. 1) should be remembered among them as the grandfather of embryology research in Japan (cf. Vo K, Okada, 1954), Embryology seems to have quickly risen in rank in terms of education and research in both biology and medicine. It is worth noting that the first textbook pUblished in Japanese appeared as early as 1906. The book consisted of 300 printed pages (Fig. 2), and its author was Kei lizuka (Professor at the Gakushuuin High School). Here, the development of trogs and chickens was described with a number of figures. From my point of view, however, research in embryologywas subsidiary and could not be considered as a major field in biology, like taxonomy, systematic biology and physiology, in Japan at least TOKINDO S. OKADA Biohistory Research Hall, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

Experimental embryology in Japan, 1930-1960. A historical background of developmental biology in Japan.