Takeda Ayasaburō, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Takeda Ayasaburō

Japanese scholar

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1827

Place of Birth: Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 28-Jan-1880

Profession: architect, military personnel

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Takeda Ayasaburo (?? ???, November 4, 1827 - January 28, 1880), was a Japanese Rangaku scholar, and the architect of the fortress of Goryokaku in Hokkaido. Takeda was born in the Ozu Domain (modern-day Ozu, Ehime) in 1827.
He studied medicine, Western sciences (rangaku), navigation, military architecture.
He was a student of Ogata Koan and Sakuma Shozan.
In 1854 he was ordered to the island of Hokkaido to reinforce the military infrastructure. He built the fortresses of Goryokaku and Benten Daiba between 1854 and 1866, using Dutch books on military architecture describing the defensive principles which Vauban had developed more than a century before, and also established a school.
He also practiced sailing with the Hakodate Maru, one of Japan's first Western-style sailing ship, together with his students.
He sailed to Russia with the ship, and engaged in some exchanges.