Kunio Yanagita

Kunio Yanagita (Japanese: やなぎた くにお) was born on July 31, 1875, in Fukusaki, Hyōgo, Japan. He was a Japanese anthropologist, writer, Esperantist, poet, linguist, agriculturist, and lexicographer. Yanagita is known for his works 'Kagyu' and 'Center versus periphery'. He passed away on August 8, 1962, in Tokyo.

Yanagita was a citizen of Japan. He attended Kaisei Academy and later graduated from the University of Tokyo.