Friday, August 9, 2024

松本敏三 数学者 to F. M. Trautz 1933 年賀状

Japanese Mathematician Toshizo Matsumoto Postcard to Japanologist F. M. Trautz 1933

松本敏三  数学者 to F. M. Trautz 1933 年賀状
松本敏三  数学者 to F. M. Trautz 1933 年賀状

This New Year's card has a postmark from 聖護院 (Shōgo-in, Kyoto) and is dated January 2, 1933. It was sent by Toshizo Matsumoto (松本敏三) and addressed to Trautz, though Matsumoto writes 'Traut' instead.

Toshizo Matsumoto was a notable mathematician who served as a professor at Kyoto Imperial University, now Kyoto University. He was born on July 13, 1890, in Osaka, Japan, and specialized in mathematics. Matsumoto had a significant academic career; he graduated from Kyoto Imperial University in 1914, and he was appointed as a lecturer at the university shortly thereafter. He became a professor at Kyoto Imperial University in 1925 and continued in this role until his retirement in 1953.

Matsumoto was also an author of several academic books focused on mathematics, including works on differential equations and analytical geometry​. He passed away on May 21, 1965​.


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