was a Japanese academic,

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, and sometime

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who specialized in the history of

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Early life and education

Tanaka was born in Tsuruoka,

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. He attended and , both in Tsuruoka, before entering (presently, University of Tokyo) in 1918. He received an undergraduate degree from the at the same institution in 1923.Obituary of Tanaka Ichimatsu, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties,
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. 1983.

Professional career

From 1924-1926 Tanaka served on the staff of the (presently, Tokyo National Museum). From 1952-1953, he served as , and from 1953–1965, as 9th of the same institute. After resigning as Director General, from 1965-1977 he was of the prominent art historical journal .''Nihon jinmei daijiten plus dejitaru-han'' From 1977 until his death in 1983, he served as Editorial Advisor for the same journal. Tanaka was also an assiduous public servant and active researcher. In 1926, he served on the . In 1935, he participated in an investigate inquiry into the preservation of . In 1936, he served as an . Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1978. *. Tokyo: Kōsei Shuppansha, 1978. (with Tatsumura Heizō) *. Tokyo: Idemitsu Bijutsukan, 1981. *. Tokyo: Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, 1981. (with Kawai Masatomo) *. Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1983. (edited with Tanikawa Tetsuzō, et al.) *. Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1983. (edited with Tanikawa Tetsuzō, et al.) *. Tokyo: Tanaka Ichimatsu Sensei Tsuitōshiki Sewanin kai, 1983. (posthumous publication) *. Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1984. (with Matsushita Takaaki, Nakamura Tanio, and Kanagawa Hiroshi) *, 2 vols. Tokyo: Chūō Kōron Bijutsu Shuppan, 1985-1986. (posthumously published; edited by Tanaka Ichimatsu Kaigashi Ronshū Kankōkai)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Ichimatsu 1895 births 1983 deaths Japanese art historians Japanese curators Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class University of Tokyo alumni Academic staff of Joshibi University of Art and Design Academic staff of Nihon University Academic staff of Tohoku University Academic staff of Waseda University Academic staff of Kanazawa College of Art Academic staff of the University of Tokyo