P. G. O'Neill (1924 – 19 January 2012) was a British academic and writer on
Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic languages, Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese dia ...
and
Noh drama
is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. It is Japan's oldest major theater art that is still regularly performed today. Noh is often based on tales from traditional literature featuri ...
.
O'Neill was, with
Ronald P. Dore,
Sir Peter Parker and
John R. McEwan, one of the "Dulwich boys", 30
sixth-formers who commenced study of Japanese at the
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...
in May 1942.
O'Neill was Professor of Japanese at SOAS from 1968 until 1986.
Works
on Noh
* ''Collected Writings''
* ''A Guide to No''
* ''Early No Drama''
* ''Japan on Stage''
on Japanese language
* ''A Reader of Handwritten Japanese''
* ''Japanese Kana Handbook''
* ''A programmed course on respect language in modem Japanese.'' London: English Universities Press, 1966.
review
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* ''Essential Kanji''. (a sequenced introduction to the Tōyō kanji
The are those kanji listed on the , which was released by the Japanese on 16 November 1946, following a reform of kanji characters of Chinese origin in the Japanese language. The intention of the list was to declare which kanji could be used ...
1946–1981)
* 日英佛教語辞典 A Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Terms, Based on References in Japanese Literature (with INAGAKI, Hisao 稲垣久雄, Kyoto 1984).
* 中日英佛教語辞典 Chinese-Japanese-English-French Teaching Terms Lexicon. (enlarged edition of above)
* 日本人名辞典 - dictionary of variant pronunciations of Japanese personal names and surnames.
* 日本人名地名辞典 - personal names, surnames and place names dictionary
References
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1924 births
2012 deaths
Academics of SOAS University of London
British Japanologists
People educated at Rutlish School