Basil Hall Chamberlain

Basil Hall Chamberlain

male, deceased (1935)
Basil Hall Chamberlain (18 October 1850-15 February 1935), was a professor of Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British...
Donald Keene

Donald Keene

male, 87 years old
Donald Lawrence Keene (b. June 6 1922, New York City) is a noted Japanologist, scholar, teacher, writer, translator and interpreter of Japanese...
Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn

male, deceased (1904)
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, also known as Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲) after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Ja...
Ernest Mason Satow

Ernest Mason Satow

male, deceased (1929)
The Rt Hon. Sir Ernest Mason Satow GCMG, (June 30, 1843 - August 26, 1929) was a British scholar-diplomat born to an ethnically German father (Hans...

William George Aston

male, deceased (1911)
William George Aston (April 9 1841-1911) was a British consular official in Japan and Korea.
Edwin O. Reischauer

Edwin O. Reischauer

male, deceased (1990)
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer was the leading U.S. educator and noted scholar of the history and culture of Japan, and of East Asia. From 1961–66, he...
Alex Kerr

Alex Kerr

male, 57 years old
Alex Kerr (b. 1952) is an American writer and Japanologist. Originally from Bethesda, Maryland, his father, a naval officer, was posted in Yokohama...
Frederick Victor Dickins

Frederick Victor Dickins

male, deceased (1915)
Frederick Victor Dickins (1838-1915) was a British surgeon, barrister, orientalist and university administrator. He is now remembered as a...
Hugh Cortazzi

Hugh Cortazzi

male
Sir Hugh Cortazzi GCMG retired after four years' service as British ambassador to Japan in 1984, but has since been a leading scholar and promoter...
Philipp Franz von Siebold

Philipp Franz von Siebold

male, deceased (1866)
Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold was a German physician. He emerged as the first European to teach Western medicine in Japan. He obtained...