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[[File:Ishikawa-seitsu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A stone bearing a poem by Ishikawa, at [[Nakashima (Naha)|Nakashima]] in [[Naha]]]]
*''Born: [[1897]]/9/25''
*''Died: 1982/12/2''
*''Japanese'': [[石川]]正通 ''(Ishikawa Seitsuu)''
Ishikawa Seitsû was an Okinawan scholar of English literature. Among his works were translations of the full stories of Sherlock Holmes.
Born in [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] in [[1897]], he learned English from a Christian minister. After graduating from [[Tohoku University|Tôhoku University]], he taught at Japan Girls' Academy (''Nihon joshi kôtô gakuin'')<ref>Today, Shôwa Women's University.</ref>, among other institutions, and after the war, at [[Juntendo University|Juntendô University]] and [[Kokushikan University]]. He also served as translator and interpreter at the Tokyo War Crimes trials.
Seitsû died on 1982/12/2.
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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%9F%B3%E5%B7%9D%E6%AD%A3%E9%80%9A Ishikawa Seitsû]," ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典, Kodansha 2009.
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*''Born: [[1897]]/9/25''
*''Died: 1982/12/2''
*''Japanese'': [[石川]]正通 ''(Ishikawa Seitsuu)''
Ishikawa Seitsû was an Okinawan scholar of English literature. Among his works were translations of the full stories of Sherlock Holmes.
Born in [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] in [[1897]], he learned English from a Christian minister. After graduating from [[Tohoku University|Tôhoku University]], he taught at Japan Girls' Academy (''Nihon joshi kôtô gakuin'')<ref>Today, Shôwa Women's University.</ref>, among other institutions, and after the war, at [[Juntendo University|Juntendô University]] and [[Kokushikan University]]. He also served as translator and interpreter at the Tokyo War Crimes trials.
Seitsû died on 1982/12/2.
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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%9F%B3%E5%B7%9D%E6%AD%A3%E9%80%9A Ishikawa Seitsû]," ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典, Kodansha 2009.
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]