was a Japanese archaeologist, historian and

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. He was an expert in the

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period of the

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, and was also particularly knowledgeable about

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, in which he has been referenced in several publications. From the 1880s he was much involved with the Anthropological Association in Tokyo, publishing a number of works, and was one of the founders of the Ou Anthropological Association in November 1890.

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Japanese archaeologists 20th-century Japanese historians Japanese anthropologists Japanese folklorists 1851 births 1921 deaths 19th-century Japanese historians {{archaeologist-stub