小川琢治 ( 1870 - 194 1年 )在日本是很有名望的地质地理学家 ,一直被学术界尊为人文地理学研究的创始人 ,他生前出版的最后一部著作《战争地理学研究》( 1939年 ) ,在军事地理学上的学术价值十分明显 ,反映出本世纪 2 0 - 4 0年代日本地理学家的军事地理学研究水平。此书与中国也有很直接的关系 ,一是它出版的时间正当中日战争进行中 ,二是书中包括对黄河下游平川战略地理学意义等重要内容的论述。由于抗日战争结束以后 ,小川这部著作及其事迹鲜为人所提及 ,在军事地理学、日本的中国历史地理研究、中国抗日战争史等相关领域内 ,此书的内容和问世后的作用 ,有必要予以重点研究 Ogawa Zhuozhi (1870-1941) is a famous geologist in Japan who has long been revered as the founder of human geography in academia. The last book he published in his lifetime, “Studies in War Geography,” 1939), the academic value of military geography is very obvious, reflecting the Japanese geographer’s military geography research level in the 20s and 40s of this century. The book also has a very direct relationship with China. First, it is published in time during the Sino-Japanese War, and second, it contains an account of important contents such as the significance of the Pingchuan strategic geography in the lower Yellow River. Since the end of the War of Resistance against Japan, Ogawa’s work and his deeds were rarely mentioned. The contents and functions of this book in the fields of military geography, the study of Chinese history and geography in Japan, the history of China’s anti-Japanese war, It is necessary to focus on research