Background
Tetsutaro Kawakami was born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
Tetsutaro Kawakami was born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
Kawakami studied economics at the University of Tokyo until 1926. After graduating from Tokyo University (1926) established himself as a literary critic and a reviewer of music.
In 1962 Tetsutaro Kawakami was elected a member of the Japanese Academy of Arts.