Ichimatsu Tanaka

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The Smithsonian Institution honors Ichimatsu Tanaka by awarding the Fourth Charles Lang Freer medal in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 1973.

was a Japanese academic, art historian, curator, editor, and sometime public servant who specialized in the history of Japanese art.

Early life and education

Tanaka was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture.

He attended and , both in Tsuruoka, before entering (presently, University of Tokyo) in 1918. He received an undergraduate degree from the at the same institution in 1923.

Professional career

From 1924-1926 Tanaka served on the staff of the (presently, Tokyo National Museum). From 1952-1953, he served as , and from 1953 to 1965, as 9th of the same institute. After resigning as Director General, from 1965 to 1977 he was of the prominent art historical journal . From 1977 until his death in 1983, he served as Editorial Advisor for the same journal.

Tanaka was also an assiduous public servant and active researcher. In 1926, he served on the . In 1935, he participated in an investigate inquiry into the preservation of . In 1936, he served as an . Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1978.

• . Tokyo: Kōsei Shuppansha, 1978. (with Tatsumura Heizō)
• . Tokyo: Idemitsu Bijutsukan, 1981.
• . Tokyo: Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, 1981. (with Kawai Masatomo)
• . Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1983. (edited with Tanikawa Tetsuzō, et al.)
• . Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1983. (edited with Tanikawa Tetsuzō, et al.)
• . Tokyo: Tanaka Ichimatsu Sensei Tsuitōshiki Sewanin kai, 1983. (posthumous publication)
• . Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1984. (with Matsushita Takaaki, Nakamura Tanio, and Kanagawa Hiroshi)
• , 2 vols. Tokyo: Chūō Kōron Bijutsu Shuppan, 1985-1986. (posthumously published; edited by Tanaka Ichimatsu Kaigashi Ronshū Kankōkai)