Background
Sono Raizo was born in 1891 in Shiga, Japan.
Sono Raizo was born in 1891 in Shiga, Japan.
Sono has studied aesthetics and the history of fine arts in Berlin University for 2 years (1922-1924).
In 1919 Sono was appointed professor at Doshisha University. He has been dean of Doshisha University's Faculty of Literature Department since 1947, in this year he was conferred a doctorate.