About Jūji Tanabe
Lived 1884 – 1972 (aged 88). Jūji Tanabe was a Japanese mountaineer.
August 4, 1884 – September 22, 1972) was a Japanese literature scholar, teacher, and mountain climber.
Tanabe was born in Toyama City. He majored in English literature at Tokyo Imperial University, specializing in William Wordsworth. He lectured at Toyo University and Hosei University.
He climbed the Japanese Alps and Okuchichibu Mountains. He is the author of the book in 1919, which was republished as in 1930.
Tanabe and his friend Kogure Ritarō's (1873–1944) accounts of the Okuchichibu Mountains have become influential. There is a monument to them at the foot of the .
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Who was Jūji Tanabe?
Japanese literature scholar (1884-1972)
When was Jūji Tanabe born?
Jūji Tanabe was born on 4 August 1884 in Toyama.
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Jūji Tanabe died on 22 September 1972.
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Jūji Tanabe was a mountaineer.
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Jūji Tanabe was Japanese.
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