Background
Yaichi was born at August 1, 1881 in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
会津 八一
literary historian university professor writer poet
Yaichi was born at August 1, 1881 in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
He was a professor emeritus of ancient Chinese and Japanese art at Waseda University. His focus was mostly on Buddhist art of the Asuka and Nara eras. In 1926, he advocated for the creation of an art history museum at Waseda University, and eventually collected a vast number of works. He became an appointed professor of his alma mater in 1931 an after teaching at Waseda Higher School and Middle School.