Takashi Shirozu

Takashi Shirozu was a Japanese entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
He wrote Butterflies of Formosa in Colour Osaka, Hoikusha, Early Stages of Japanese Butterflies in Colour Hoikusha and Butterflies of Japan Illustrated in Colour Tokyo, Hokuryu-kan all of which took advantage of Japanese advanced and colour printing technologies.
He also published many scientific papers describing new species of butterflies.
Dr. Takashi Shirozu was a professor emeritus of Kyushu University and president emeritus of The Lepidopterological Society of Japan.