Nobushige Hozumi: Born in 1855, at the age of 7 he studied at the domain school Meirinkan and achieved excellent grades. At the age of 16, he entered Kaisei School (the predecessor of the University of Tokyo) to study law. He graduated with excellent grades and upon graduating he went to England for three years to study legal systems on government funding, followed by two years at the University of Berlin in Germany. He returned to Japan in 1881 and became a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo, his alma mater, in charge of civil law. In 1882, he became a professor and dean of the Faculty of Law, and at the age of 33 became Japan's first doctor of law. He changed his university lectures to Japanese and switched to easy-to-understand lectures, and is nurturing many juniors. In 1891, the Russian Crown Prince, who was visiting Japan, was injured by a constable in the "Otsu Incident" (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov's attempted assassination in Otsu Town, Shiga County, Shiga Prefecture, when he was suddenly slashed and injured by a police officer, Sanzo Tsuda. In November 1890, when Nicholas II was crown prince (22 years old at the time), he left Russia to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Trans-Siberian Railway on behalf of his father, Russian Emperor Alexander III, and traveled to Egypt, India, and Sri Lanka. , Singapore, Vietnam, China, etc., and called at Nagasaki on April 27, 1891. In Japan, Prince Arisugawa, who had met the crown prince in Russia, welcomed him as an attendant. Preparations were meticulously made: he traveled through Japan to Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Yokohama, Tokyo, Kamakura, Atami, Nikko, Sendai, Matsushima, Morioka, and Aomori on May 31. He was scheduled to leave Japan on May 19. However, due to an incident, he ended up leaving Japan earlier than planned, on May 19, without stopping in Tokyo. It is a well-known story that Korekata Kojima (1837-1908), the Chief of the Supreme Court, asked for his opinion. Regarding the "Hozumi Bridge'', there was a growing trend to build a bronze statue to commemorate his achievements. It seems that he was refused because of the story. So, it seems that Hozumi Bridge was born with the approval of the teacher's name to be used for the bridge under renovation. The memorial was erected in July 1992. At the National University of Tsukuba, there is the “Hozumi book collection” by Professor Nobuhide Hozumi and his eldest son, Professor Shigeto Hozumi jurist. After studying at Daigaku Nanko（Location: One of the predecessors of the University of Tokyo, Kanda Hitotsubashi is located southwest of Ochanomizu where our school is located.）and Kaisei High School, he went to England and Germany in 1876. He earned the title of barrister at the Middle Temple in London and studied at the University of Berlin before returning to Japan. As a professor at the Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo, he is in charge of legal science and English law. In 1893, as a member of the Code Research Committee, he drafted a civil code, and after that he worked on importing British and independent law, and was involved in many legislations. In 1890, he was elected member of the House of Peers for the first time. 1916 Privy Councilor.
Tarocco oranges are said to have originated in Italy in the early 20th century from the blood orange variety Sanguinello Moscate. It is unknown when it was introduced to Japan, but he was introduced to Ehime Prefecture in 1973. A nuclear selection of Moscato Sanguinello obtained in 1949 at Acireale (Sicily, Italy) with the aim of establishing the type variety for subsequent geographic designation. Sanguinellos is one of three colored orange varieties native to Sicily, along with Tarocco and Moro. In fact, Tarocco appears to be an early mutation of the common Sanguinero. Is characterized by medium acidity (moscato is sweet, meaning Muscat) and is a highly valued colored orange, making it the most important Sanguinello variety in Sicily. A very vigorous and productive tree with long shoots forming a rounded, symmetrical crown. Medium-sized spherical fruit tending to have a flat apex. The rind is thin and smooth, bright orange with red pigmented areas. Melting flesh with red pigmentation ...