when the subject is still very thinly populated その分野を研究している人が少なければ
since the imperial universities were established for political reasons in sendai city (population 120 ,000 ), sapporo city (population 100 ,000 ) and fukuoka city (population 95 ,000 ) which were more thinly populated than osaka city (population 1 ,250 ,000 ), nagoya city (population 430 ,000 ) in three major metropolitan areas , hiroshima city (population 160 ,000 ), and kanazawa city (population 130 ,000 ), campaigns for establishment of imperial universities were carried out in large cities (- > order of populations (1920 ) of prefectural capitals and ordinance-designated cities ). なお、三大都市圏の大阪市（125万人）や名古屋市（43万人）、あるいは、広島市（16万人）や金沢市（13万人）に比べて人口が少ない仙台市（12万人）、札幌区（10万人）、福岡市（9.5万人）に政策的な理由で帝国大学が設置されたため、他の大都市では帝国大学設置運動がその後も続いた（→都道府県庁所在地と政令指定都市の人口順位1920年（大正9年）の人口順位）。
