Ernest Fenollosa | |
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Born | Ernest Francisco Fenollosa February 18, 1853 Salem, Massachusetts |
Died | September 21, 1908 London, England | (aged 55)
Resting place | Mii-dera |
Nationality | American |
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Years active | 1878-1908 |
Employer(s) | Tokyo Imperial Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Tokyo Higher Normal School |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Goodhue Millett (1878-1895) Mary McNeill Scott (1895-1908) |
Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (February 18, 1853 – September 21, 1908) was an American art historian of Japanese art, professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial University. An important educator during the modernization of Japan during the Meiji Era, Fenollosa was an enthusiastic Orientalist who did much to preserve traditional Japanese art.