Background
Tomoyuki Tani was born in 1911 in Tokyo, Japan.
友幸 タニ
Tomoyuki Tani was born in 1911 in Tokyo, Japan.
After graduating from Kyoto University in 1937 with a degree in German literature he proceeded to Berlin University to attend its Faculty of Philosophy in 1939.
Returning home he was in turn professor at Hiroshima Higher School, then 3rd Higher School in Kyoto to become assistant professor at Kyoto University. He is the author of several works on German literature.