2018 Volume 27 Issue 5 Pages 189-216
Dr. Shizuo Ishiguro (1920-2007) is often introduced as the father of Kazuo Ishiguro, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature 2017. Dr. Shizuo Ishiguro is a physical oceanographer worked at Central Meteorological Observatory and Nagasaki Marine Observatory until he left Japan to move England in 1960. It is only known that he was an oceanographer who studied tide and wave height, and he spent more than half of his life in England. He developed various instruments such as wave pressure recorders based on knowledge in electronic engineering and physics. He introduced image processing scheme to investigate hydrodynamic current conditions in hydraulic model experiments. He applied analog computing method to construct an electronic circuit model to analyze secondary oscillation observed in Nagasaki Bay. In England, his electronic circuit model was evolved to a large scale analog computer to predict storm surges in the North Sea. This review introduces Dr. Shizuo Ishiguroʼs unique studies to rediscover his literature and related information about him.
