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Torii Ryūzō
Ryuzo Torii (; May 4, 1870 – January 14, 1953) was a Japanese anthropologist, ethnologist, archaeologist and folklorist. He was known for his anthropological research in China, Taiwan, Korea, Russia, etc. His research is all over East Asia, also South America. He conducted archaeological excavations, attempted to understand prehistoric things in Asia.
==Life==
Born in Tokushima (徳島) Prefecture (at Funaba Street (船場町), which is a part of Shikoku (四国）, in a rich merchant family. His parents were kind and never interfere him. So he was free to do everything he liked. From an early age, he was a passionate collector of artifacts of all kinds, and without interest in school studies. He stopped going to the school. Fortunately, he finished those studies of schools in a short term, under a nice teacher, who appreciated him, tried to support him in his studies according to his interest. So he could study in a very efficient way to approach his own destination: Anthropology. At the same time he started to learn histories of his home town Tokushima and also Shikoku, and researched around these places.
At the time, he already began to write articles on Anthropology (in his teen ages). His article was greatly appreciated by Professor Shogoro Tsuboi (坪井正五郎) of Tokyo Imperial University(Tokyo University now). Mr. Tsuboi is the pioneer of Japan's Anthropology. He found out this genius boy Torii, and hurried to Tokushima, to advice Torii to get fundamental knowledge in anthropology at Tokyo Imperial University. So Torii moved to Tokyo when he was 20 years old.〔"Memo of an Old Student" by Ryuzo Torii〕
He used 8 kinds of languages in his studies. and he also could use Ainu language. His article "Ainu people in Chishima Island" written in French is very famous and important. In Europe and America, till now, it is the most necessary material for people who study in Ainu. In this article, you can feel the deep sympathy of Torii towards Ainu.〔『Studies on Ryuzo Torii』№. 1〕
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