Yaichi Haga

Background

Yaichi Haga was born in 1867. Haga's father Masaki had studied National Learning (kokugaku) under Hirata Kanetane and Japanese poetry (waka) with Tachibana Akemi, and had served in the Shinto priesthood (shinshoku) at the shrines Shiogama Jinja and Minatogawa Jinja, formative experiences that profoundly influenced his son. Haga's mother Aki was the eldest daughter of Shiba Usen, chief domainal instructor of painting

Education

Graduated from Tokyo University, majoring in Japanese classics literature. In 1900, went to Germany to study history of literature.

Career

Was appointed professor at the Tokyo Higher Normal School and Tokyo University. Rendered great services to education in literary and national language research. He became president of Kokugakuin University in 1918.

Works

• book

  • Ten Lectures on Japanese Literature

Membership

• Imperial Academy

  1915

Connections

Father:

Masaki

Mother:

Aki

Son:

Mayumi Haga