Background
Teiichi Oyama was born in 1904 in Kagawa, Japan.
Teiichi Oyama was born in 1904 in Kagawa, Japan.
He was instructor at Third Higher-School, Kyoto University and Hosei University. When he was assistant professor at his alma mater, he was dismissed for his alleged undesirable ideological leanings. Was restored to the position after the war. Noted as a scholar of German literature and language, he translated works of Rainer Maria Rilke.