Basil Hall Chamberlain

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Japanologist human linguist translator

Basil Hall Chamberlain was a British Japanologist and linguist renowned for his pioneering translations, studies of the Japanese language, and influential works on Japanese culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanologist ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ translator ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Meiji-period studies of Japan ⓘ Western understanding of Japanese culture ⓘ pedagogy of Japanese as a foreign language ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
employer	Imperial University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Imperial University NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	British ⓘ
familyName	Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Japanese folklore ⓘ Japanese language ⓘ Japanese literature ⓘ Japanology NERFINISHED ⓘ linguistics ⓘ translation ⓘ
genre	folklore collection ⓘ language textbook ⓘ reference work ⓘ
givenName	Basil NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	subsequent generations of Western Japanologists ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
movement	early Western Japanology ⓘ
name	Basil Hall Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	contributed to the early systematic study of Japanese folklore and mythology in English ⓘ helped popularize knowledge of Japanese culture in the English-speaking world ⓘ produced an early complete English translation of the Kojiki ⓘ produced one of the first comprehensive grammars of colloquial Japanese for Western students ⓘ
notableWork	A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ A Practical Introduction to the Study of Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Fairy Tale Series NERFINISHED ⓘ The Classical Poetry of the Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters NERFINISHED ⓘ The Language, Mythology, and Geographical Nomenclature of Japan Viewed in the Light of Aino Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ Things Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	Japanologist ⓘ linguist ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
studied	Ainu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese culture ⓘ Japanese language ⓘ Japanese literature ⓘ
workPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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