Kanichi Asakawa
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Kanichi Asakawa (December 20, 1873 - August 10, 1948) was a historian. He was a son of a samurai. He became a graduate of Dartmouth where he earned his undergraduate degree and the Yale University where he became the first Japanese professor at a major university in the United States. He was a history professor there for thirty-five years. He also was the curator of the East Asian Collection at Yale's Sterling Memorial Library from 1907 to 1948. He was the founder of Asian Studies in the U.S.
He dedicated himself to serving as a bridge between the United States and Japan to promote amicable relations.
Some of his remains are interred at Konjiki cemetery at his hometown of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Japan, and others are interred at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut.
