Masao Oka

Masao Oka
Born	(1898-06-05)June 5, 1898  Japan Nagano, Matsumoto
Died	December 15, 1982(1982-12-15) (aged 84)
Other names	岡 正雄
Occupation(s)	Japanese ethnologist and Japanologist

Masao Oka (岡 正雄, Oka Masao, 1898–1982) 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]

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