Background
Yamakawa, Kikuo was born on January 2, 1919 in Aomori, Japan. Son of Kichisaburo and Hisa (Sato) Yamakawa.
Yamakawa, Kikuo was born on January 2, 1919 in Aomori, Japan. Son of Kichisaburo and Hisa (Sato) Yamakawa.
Student Tokyo School Foreign Languages, 1936-1940.
Teacher English, Soma Middle School, Nakamura, Fukushima, Japan, 1940-1942, Third Tokyo Municipal Middle School, 1942-1945, Aomori Prefectural Middle School, 1945-1947. Assistant professor Tokai Science College, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan, 1947-1950. Docent Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 1950-1952, assistant professor, 1952-1964, professor, 1964-1982.
Professor English philology Fukuoka University (Japan), since 1982.
Member Japan Association College English Teachers (councillor 1970-1989), Japan Society Stylistics (board directors 1973-1989, counselor since 1989), Japan Society Mediaeval English Studies (councillor 1985-1989).
Married Tatsuko Narita. Children: Kyoko, Shuji.