Oscar Meredith Weatherby (February 25, 1915 – June 27, 1997) was an American publisher who was the founder of Weatherhill Publications. He spent a large part of his life in Japan and is known in particular for his English translations of literary works by

Yukio Mishima , born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, Nationalism, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was ...

. Weatherby was also a long-term patron and romantic partner of the photographer Tamotsu Yato. He also appeared in an acting role in the 1970 war movie ''

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'', in which he played the part of the U.S. Ambassador to Japan,

Joseph Grew Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and U.S. Foreign Service, Foreign Service officer. He is best known as the ambassador to Japan from 1932 to 1941 and as a high official in the State Department in W ...

. A native of

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, Weatherby died in

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Donald Richie Donald Richie (17 April 1924 – 19 February 2013) was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Richie also dir ...

, ''The Japan Journals: 1947-2004'', Stone Bridge Press (2005) * Hugh Cortazzi (ed.), ''Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views'', Routledge (2001), pp. 115–116. * * http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/issue12/takahashi_interview.html American publishers (people) 1915 births 1997 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople American LGBT businesspeople People from Waco, Texas American gay actors 20th-century American LGBT people American expatriates in Japan {{US-publish-bio-stub