Higashionna Kanjun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Higashionna Kanjun

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1882

Place of Birth: Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1963

Profession: historian

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Higashionna Kanjun (?????) also Higaonna Kanjun (1882–1963) was a Japanese scholar who specialized in the history of Okinawa.
Alongside Iha Fuyu and Majikina Anko (?????), he is considered one of the pioneers of modern Okinawan studies.
After reading Japanese history at Tokyo Imperial University, where he wrote his dissertation on the approach of the Shimazu clan towards the Ryukyu Kingdom, his subsequent career included posts at Hosei University and Takushoku University and travels in Southeast Asia and India.
His extensive body of writings, collected as Higashionna Kanjun zenshu (???????) in ten volumes, centre around Ryukyuan history and culture, personal and place names, and classics such as the Omoro Soshi.
His private collection of documents and historical materials, numbering some 3,384 items, is preserved as the Higashionna Kanjun Collection at Okinawa Prefectural Library.