Yūkichi Takeda

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| name = Yūkichi Takeda

| birth_name = 武田祐吉

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|05|05}}

| birth_place = Tokyo

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|03|29|1886|05|05}}

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| nationality = Japanese

| occupation = Japanese literary scholar, School teacher

| years_active =

| known_for = Study of Kojiki and Man'yōshū

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| footnotes = Infobox contains data from Japanese Wikipedia

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{{nihongo|Yūkichi Takeda|武田 祐吉|Takeda Yūkichi|5 May 1886 – 29 March 1958}} was a scholar of Japanese literature.

Biography

He was born in the Nihonbashi Ward of Tokyo City (modern-day Chūō Ward, Tokyo).

He became a lecturer as Kokugakuin University in 1926. He is known for his research on the Kojiki and the Man'yōshū, and in 1950{{cite web |url=http://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/activities/jyusho/50on_all.html |title=恩賜賞・日本学士院賞・日本学士院エジンバラ公賞受賞者一覧 |year=2013 |work=website of the Japan Academy |publisher=The Japan Academy |access-date=21 February 2013}} was awarded the Japan Academy Prize for his work on the Man'yōshū.

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Category:1886 births

Category:1958 deaths

Category:Scholars of Japanese literature