:Yukichi Amano

{{Short description|Japanese columnist and editor (1933–2013)}}

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| native_name = 天野 祐吉

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|04|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Adachi, Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|10|20|1933|04|27}}

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| education = Meiji Gakuin University

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| known_for = {{ublist|Establishing Kokoku Hihyo|Director of the Shiki Memorial Museum}}

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{{Nihongo|Yukichi Amano|天野 祐吉}} (27 April 1933 in Adachi, Tokyo – 20 October 2013 in Tokyo) was a Japanese columnist, founder and chief editor of monthly magazine Kokoku Hihyo.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Amano attended Meiji Gakuin University but did not graduate.

In 1970 he established Madra Publishing Ltd.{{cite web|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20131021/k10015422711000.html|title=コラムニスト 天野祐吉さん死去|publisher=NHK|language=ja|access-date=October 21, 2013}}

In 1979 he established Kokoku Hihyo, a magazine that was discontinued in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/TKY201310200248.html|title=天野祐吉さん死去 「広告批評」「CM天気図」|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=October 21, 2013}}

In 2002 he became Director (later Honorary Director) of the Shiki Memorial Museum.{{cite web|url=http://sikihaku.lesp.co.jp/information/english/index.php|title=The Shiki Museum Welcome|access-date=October 21, 2013}}

Awards

  • NHK Broadcasting Culture Award (2005)

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