Background
Shibata Shokichi was born in 1841, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. His first family name was Umata.
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Shibata Shokichi
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Umata
Education
He entered the English Language School in Nagasaki (1858).
Career
He became a Shogunate interpreter and then teacher at the Naval Training Institute of the Shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration (1868), he joined the Foreign Office. Compiled a Japanese-English dictionary (1870-1873). Called Shibata's dictionary, it greatly benefited the students of English of the time.
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1858