<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Norihiko,<div class="">That is very sad news. Professor Takeuchi is the first person one thinks of when thinking of scholars of Tibetan in Japan. My heart goes to his family as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Would it be possible to put together a website with all his publications so that scholars can continue to benefit from all his excellent research?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Stay well,</div><div class="">Randy<br class=""><div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;" class="">-----</span></span><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;" class=""><b class="">Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA</b> （羅</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Song">仁地</font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;" class="">）</span></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class=""><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" class="">Professor of Linguistics, with courtesy appointment in Chinese, School of Humanities </font></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Nanyang Technological University</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class="">HSS-03-45, 48 Nanyang Avenue </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">| </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class="">Singapore 639818</span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: white; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a href="http://randylapolla.info/" class="">http://randylapolla.info/</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: white; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">(<a href="http://personal.ntu.edu.sg/randylapolla" class="">personal.ntu.edu.sg/randylapolla</a>)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class="">Most recent books:</span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class=""><i class="">The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2nd Edition (</i>2017)</span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class=""><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" class=""><a href="https://www.routledge.com/The-Sino-Tibetan-Languages-2nd-Edition/LaPolla-Thurgood/p/book/9781138783324" class="">https://www.routledge.com/The-Sino-Tibetan-Languages-2nd-Edition/LaPolla-Thurgood/p/book/9781138783324</a></font></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class=""><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" class=""><i class="">Sino-Tibetan Linguistics </i>(2018)</font></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="" style="background-color: white;"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" class=""><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Sino-Tibetan-Linguistics/LaPolla/p/book/9780415577397" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://www.routledge.com/Sino-Tibetan-Linguistics/LaPolla/p/book/9780415577397</a></font></span></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
</div>
<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 3 Apr 2021, at 7:26 PM, HAYASHI NORIHIKO <<a href="mailto:jinozu@yahoo.co.jp" class="">jinozu@yahoo.co.jp</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:MS Gothic, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt" class=""><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dear Tibeto-Burmanists,<br class=""></span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Obituary: Prof. Dr. Tsuguhito Takeuchi (1951-2021)</span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">It is the tremendous sorrow to announce
that Prof. Dr. Tsuguhito Takeuchi of Kobe City University of Foreign Studies passed
away at midnight of April 3<sup class="">rd</sup>, 2021 (at the age of 69) at home in
Amagasaki city of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.</span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Tsugu was, as many of you know, an acclaimed
linguist and philologist</span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">of the Tibetan language, especially Old
Tibetan documents. His doctoral dissertation to Indiana University was published
as a book entitled <i class="">Old Tibetan Contracts from Central Asia</i> (by Daizo Shuppan),
which has been widely cited by many Tibetanists. Since then, he had worked for
constructing the online database for Old Tibetan documents, cataloging wooden
slips preserved in the British Library, and deciphering the documents of the
Zhangzhung language. For 40 years, Tsugu has led Tibetan linguistics and
philology and taught many young scholars. He was also a board member of the International
Association for Tibetan Studies and had been the president of the Japanese Association
for Tibetan Studies until last year. </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Tsugu loved to play soccer in his studenthood
and liked to watch the football games of European leagues on TV after he started
to teach at universities. He has taught English, Japanese, Tibetan and general
linguistics at Kinki University, Kyoto University of Education and Kobe City
University of Foreign Studies until 2017. He loved drinking beer and red wine
with his colleagues and students after his work was finished every evening. </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">He had been a man of joy and humor, which
attracted many surrounding people. </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Tsugu had been suffered from esophageal
cancer for two years, but his endeavor to explore the new findings had been
survived until the last minute. His last work on the historical development of
the Tibetan language has just been published in both Japanese and English,
which will be distributed so soon. </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Tsugu leaves behind his wife Sachiko and their
daughter Kaho. He will be missed by many colleagues, students and friends.</span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">If you have some farewell words for Prof.
Takeuchi, please send me by email.</span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">I will forward them to his lovely family. </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">with great sadness,</span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></div>
<div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Norihiko</span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">------------------------</span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Norihiko Hayashi, Ph.D. in Linguistics</span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Kobe City University of Foreign Studies</span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:jinozu@yahoo.co.jp" class="">jinozu@yahoo.co.jp</a></span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:n-hayashi@inst.kobe-cufs.ac.jp" class="">n-hayashi@inst.kobe-cufs.ac.jp</a><br class=""></span></div><div class="yiv0592809996MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Tibeto-burman-linguistics mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Tibeto-burman-linguistics@listserv.linguistlist.org" class="">Tibeto-burman-linguistics@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br class="">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/tibeto-burman-linguistics<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>