Spurred on by Ogawa Takuji, a number of Japanese students in history and geography departments joined this field of study, and towards the end of his life his last notable student was Hibino Takeo.
在小川琢治開風氣之下，日本當時才有較多歷史、地理兩系學生投入這個專門範疇，日比野丈夫便是小川琢治晚年的關門弟子。