Background
Igarashi Hidesuke was born in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Igarashi Hidesuke was born in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
He graduated from the Engineering College (1882).
When the Government established the telephone system, he was responsible for install in er the telephone networks in Tokyo and Yokohama. He later served in the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry and the Imperial Household Ministry. After retiring from the Govermetit service (1917), he improved the telephone system in Hankow at the invitation of the Chinese Government. He became an official of the Engineering Ministry.