Logo mark

In 1913, Tohoku University accepted three women students for the first time in the whole of Japan. This logo was established for the centennial commemoration of this landmark event and in anticipation of further accomplishments over the next 100 years. The woman holding a test tube symbolizes Chika Kuroda and Ume Tange, the first women entrants to the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science. The Shichiyo Mon emblem represents a space-filling problem in mathematics, symbolizing Raku Makita who entered the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science. This emblem also represents the symbol of the University, the Big Dipper that guides and shines in the northern sky. The rich carmine (pinkish red) color is associated with Ms. Kuroda, also known as the Carmine Doctor, who received a doctorate in her studies on natural pigments such as carmine.