Manaslu | 1952 W side, N Col & E Ridge (recon)

A Japan expedition to Manaslu in 1952 via W side, N Col & E Ridge (recon), led by Kinji Imanishi. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	2955
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Peak ID	MANA
Year	1952
Season	3
Host Country	1
Route 1	W side, N Col & E Ridge (recon)
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Japan
Leaders	Kinji Imanishi
Sponsor	Japanese Alpine Club (JAC)
Success 1	False
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	-
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	-
Approach	-
Basecamp Date	1952-11-09
Summit Date	-
Summit Time	-
Summit Days	0
Total Days	20
Termination Date	1952-11-29
Termination Reason	12
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	0
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	0
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	6
Summit Members	0
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	0
Summit Hired	0
Hired Deaths	0
No Hired	True
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Taken	False
O2 Unknown	False
Other Summits	Recon of Annapurna IV (ANN4-523-01) and climbed Chulu West (CHUW-523-01)
Campsites	BC(09/11,3850m)
Route Notes	-
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	-
Commercial Route	-
Standard Route	-
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	True
Primary ID	ANN452301
Checksum	3122
Year	1952
Summit Success	False
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	w side, n col & e ridge (recon)

Members

Field	Value
ID	21970
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Member ID	01
Peak ID	MANA
Year	1952
Season	3
First Name	Kinji
Last Name	Imanishi
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	51
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Leader
Residence	Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Professor of Animal Ecology, Kyoto University
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	-24
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	kinji imanishi
Year of Birth	-
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	25912
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Member ID	04
Peak ID	MANA
Year	1952
Season	3
First Name	Jiro
Last Name	Taguchi
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1913
Calculated Age	39
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	Kishimoto trading company
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	-1937
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jiro taguchi
Year of Birth	1913
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	39
Role	BC Only

Field	Value
ID	25913
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Member ID	05
Peak ID	MANA
Year	1952
Season	3
First Name	Masataka
Last Name	Takagi
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	40
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Occupation	Professor of psycholoty, Kobe University
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	-24
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	masataka takagi
Year of Birth	-
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	-
Role	BC Only

Field	Value
ID	25914
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Member ID	03
Peak ID	MANA
Year	1952
Season	3
First Name	Sasuke
Last Name	Nakao
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	35
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Scientist
Residence	Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Asst professor of plant breeding, Naniwa University
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	-24
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	sasuke nakao
Year of Birth	-
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	-
Role	BC Only

Field	Value
ID	25915
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Member ID	02
Peak ID	MANA
Year	1952
Season	3
First Name	Kazuhiko
Last Name	Hayashi
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1924
Calculated Age	28
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Exp Doctor
Residence	Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Instructor of pathology, Kyoto University
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	-1948
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	kazuhiko hayashi
Year of Birth	1924
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	28
Role	BC Only

Field	Value
ID	25916
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Member ID	06
Peak ID	MANA
Year	1952
Season	3
First Name	Sakuta
Last Name	Takebushi
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	46
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	Sports editor, Mainichi newspapers
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	-24
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	sakuta takebushi
Year of Birth	-
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	-
Role	BC Only

Field	Value
ID	51353
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Member ID	07
Peak ID	MANA
Year	1952
Season	3
First Name	Dilli Bahadur
Last Name	Verma
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	Liaison Officer
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(....-1954) Died in 1954 at Makalu BC from pneumonia
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	-24
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	dilli bahadur verma
Year of Birth	-
Year	1952
Age at Expedition	-
Role	BC Only

7 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Kinji Imanishi	M	-	Japan	Leader	Kyoto, Japan	Professor of Animal Ecology, Kyoto University	Details Other expeditions
Jiro Taguchi	M	1913	Japan	Climber	-	Kishimoto trading company	Details Other expeditions
Masataka Takagi	M	-	Japan	Climber	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan	Professor of psycholoty, Kobe University	Details Other expeditions
Sasuke Nakao	M	-	Japan	Scientist	Osaka, Japan	Asst professor of plant breeding, Naniwa University	Details Other expeditions
Kazuhiko Hayashi	M	1924	Japan	Exp Doctor	Kyoto, Japan	Instructor of pathology, Kyoto University	Details Other expeditions
Sakuta Takebushi	M	-	Japan	Climber	-	Sports editor, Mainichi newspapers	Details Other expeditions
Dilli Bahadur Verma	M	-	Nepal	Liaison Officer	-	-	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	7271
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	MANA52301
Reference ID	01
Year	1952
Type	1
Journal	-
Author	Imanishi, Kinji
Title	Narrative of the Himalaya
Publisher	Hakushui, Tokyo
Publication Date	1954
Language	Japanese
Citation	-
Yak 94	jA135
Notes	-

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
MANA52301	-	Imanishi, Kinji	Narrative of the Himalaya	Hakushui, Tokyo	-	jA135