Background
Tateki Owada was born in 1857 in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan.
Tateki Owada was born in 1857 in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan.
Studied Japanese and Chinese classics at the school of the Uwajima Clan.
Went to Tokyo (1879) and became instructor of classics at Tokyo University and the Men's and Women's Higher Normal Schools. Was an accomplished singer of yokyoku (Noh play chanting).