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Shinobu Orikuchi

Japanese ethnologist and linguist
Shinobu Orikuchi, also known as Chōkū Shaku, was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet. As a disciple of Kunio Yanagita, he established an original academic field named "Orikuchiism", which is a mixture of Japanese... Wikipedia
Born: February 11, 1887, Kizu village
Died: September 3, 1953 (age 66 years), Shinanomachi, Tokyo, Japan
Place of burial: Gansenji, Osaka, Japan
Hiragana: おりくち しのぶ
Other names: 折口 信夫 (a pen name:釋 迢空)