Masao Oka Explained

Masao Oka
Birth Date:5 June 1898
Birth Place: Nagano, Matsumoto
Othername:岡 正雄
Occupation:Japanese ethnologist and Japanologist

was a Japanese ethnologist and Japanologist.[1] Oka is considered the leading figure in the establishment of Japanese ethnology since the 1930's.[2]

Biography

He was born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo and Tohoku University. He served on the faculty of Meiji University, Kanagawa Dental University, Wayo Women's University, Tokyo Metropolitan University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

He died on 15 December 1982 in Tokyo.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oka Masao. 20-seiki Nihon jinmei jiten. Nichigai Associates. 16 January 2016. Japanese.
  2. Steger . Brigitte . The Stranger and Others: The Life and Legacy of the Japanese Ethnologist Oka Masao . Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies . 1 December 2019 . 11 . 1 . 60–91 . 10.2478/vjeas-2019-0003. free .
  3. Vidyarthi. L. P.. L. P. Vidyarthi. Obituary : Masao Oka. Current Anthropology. April 1983. 24. 2. 268. Indian Anthropological Association. 10.1086/202994. 2742606. 224789311.