was a Japanese astronomer originally from Kanazawa, Ishikawa. He devoted his career to the study and measurement of variation in latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler, who discovered the Chandler wobble. In 1899, he became the first director of the International Latitude Observatory at Mizusawa, Japan. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1936. He was one of the first people to be awarded the Order of Culture when it was established in 1937. The crater Kimura on the Moon is named after him, the same for the asteroid 6233 Kimura. References External links Awarding of RAS Gold Medal Obituary Kimura, Hisashi | Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures (National Diet Library) 1870 births 1943 deaths 20th-century Japanese astronomers People from Kanazawa, Ishikawa University of Tokyo alumni Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society Recipients of the Order of Culture Laureates of the Imperial Prize 19th-century Japanese astronomers