Ryūsaku Tsunoda

Ryūsaku Tsunoda (角田 柳作, Tsunoda Ryūsaku^?, 8 September 1877 - 29 November 1964) is known as the "father of Japanese studies" at Columbia University. He was directly responsible for developing the Japanese language and literature collection at Columbia's library. Prominent among the former-students who credit his influence as formative is Donald Keene, who has himself become over time the current Dean of Japanese studies in the United States.

Keene's own perspective on Tsunoda was expressed in a lecture given at Waseda University in 1994:

In an overview of writings by and about Tsunoda, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 50 works in 100+2 publications in 4 languages and 2,000+ library holdings.

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