Yoshimaro Yamashina
| Yoshimaro Yamashina | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 July 1900 Kōjimachi, Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 28 January 1989 (aged 88) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Fields | Ornithology |
| Institutions | Yamashina Institute for Ornithology |
| Alma mater |
Tokyo Imperial University Hokkaido University |
| Notable awards | Jean Delacour Prize (1977) Order of the Golden Ark (1978) |
Marquis Yoshimaro Yamashina (山階 芳麿 Yamashina Yoshimaro?, July 5, 1900 – January 28, 1989) was a Japanese ornithologist. He was the founder of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology.
Yamashina was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo, the second son of Prince Kikumaro Yamashina and Princess Noriko (Kujo) Yamashina. Through his mother, a half-sister of the Crown Princess Sadako, he was the nephew of the then Crown Prince Yoshihito, the future Taishō Emperor. He developed a love of birds at an early age, which were found in abundance on the vast Yamashina estate in Tokyo. He was presented with a stuffed mandarin duck for his sixth birthday present.
Yamashina attended the Gakushuin Peer’s School, and per the orders of Emperor Meiji entered the Imperial Japanese Army, graduating from the 33rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy with a specialty in artillery.
In 1920, per a revision in the Imperial Household Law, he lost his status as an imperial prince, and became a member of the kazoku with the peerage title of marquis (kōshaku) on 20 July. He was promoted to the military rank of lieutenant from the same date, and was also conferred with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. However, he resigned his commission in the Army in 1929 to pursue his interest in zoology, and entered Tokyo Imperial University, graduating in 1931.
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