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TEHRAN – The late Japanese Iranologist Tsuneo Kuroyanagi, the founder of the Department of Persian Studies at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, has been commemorated during a ceremony held at the university.
Organized by Iran’s Cultural Attaché’s Office in Tokyo, the event was attended by Iran’s ambassador to Japan Reza Nazar-Ahari, scholars, students and family members of the late professor, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Monday.
Morio Fujii, Professor of history of literature and thought in Iran at the university expressed his thanks to the organizers of the ceremony and paid tribute to Kuroyanagi.
Kuroyanagi spent 40 years of his life to promote Persian language and literature and trained many students across the universities of Japan, he said.
Ambassador Nazar-Ahari praised the professor for his efforts and activities in boosting cultural ties between Iran and Japan.
He also added that books and Persian translations by the professor are due to be republished.
The ceremony was followed by the reading of a message from the director of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel.
Iran’s cultural attaché Hushang Ali-Madadai presented several gifts to the family members of the professor at the end of the ceremony.
Moreover, an exhibition of books, translations and handwritten documents by the professor in Persian was held on the sidelines of the program.
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