Kunio Yanagita, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kunio Yanagita

Japanese scholar, folklorist

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1875

Place of Birth: Fukusaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1962

Profession: writer, Esperantist, university teacher, agronomist, folklorist, anthropologist, linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Kunio Yanagita (?? ??, Yanagita Kunio, July 31, 1875 – August 8, 1962) was a Japanese scholar and considered the father of Japanese native folkloristics, or minzokugaku.