Biography of Jirō Umezu

Jirō Umezu (* 19. October 1906 in Ise; † 21. February 1988 in Higashiyama-ku) was a japanese art historian. He was 81 years old. He studied at Tokyo Imperial University. He worked at Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties and Ōtani University. His cause of death was respiratory failure.