was a Japanese

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and historian.

Biography

Yaichi was born in the Furumachi area of

Niigata, Niigata is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture (). It is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, and one of the cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, located in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is ...

, and was a

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of ancient Chinese and Japanese art at

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. His focus was mostly on

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of the Asuka and

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eras. In 1926 he advocated for the creation of an art history museum at

, and eventually collected a vast number of works. In 1951 he received the 2nd Yomiuri Prize.

External links

http://www.waseda.jp/aizu/

References

1881 births 1956 deaths People from Niigata (city) Yomiuri Prize winners 20th-century Japanese poets Buddhist artists Academic staff of Waseda University {{Japan-writer-stub