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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 3 Apr 2021, at 10:45 PM, Nathan W. Hill <<a href="mailto:tibetologist@protonmail.ch" class="">tibetologist@protonmail.ch</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Dear Norihiko and Randy, <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In reading Norihiko's obituary my eye caught 'Kinki University', and I remember how much Tsugu enjoyed the pun in this name. I met him in 2003 knowing his work already for some years. I expected him to be dower and humorless, because his scholarship is so careful and sober, and I could not believe that this down right goofy fellow was the great scholar himself. It has been such an honor to have had him as a friend in the years since and I am very sad to hear of his passing. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The reason I am writing is because I have an OK good collection of his works, which I share at the link below. I think that I am missing several early works and the most recent works, but it is a start toward what Randy proposes. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://we.tl/t-QZYe3SDOIy" class="">https://we.tl/t-QZYe3SDOIy</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">He just came out with an article on wood slips published in a volume edited by Kazushi Iwao and Yoshiro Imaeda, which I have not yet been able to consult. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">best, <br class=""></div><div class="">Nathan<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-user">Sent from <a href="https://protonmail.ch/" class="">ProtonMail</a>, encrypted email based in Switzerland.<br class=""></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br class=""></div><div class=""> On Saturday, April 3, 2021 2:24 PM, Randy J. LaPolla <<a href="mailto:randy.lapolla@gmail.com" class="">randy.lapolla@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div class=""> <br class=""></div><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div class="">Dear Norihiko,<br class=""></div><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.<br class=""></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?<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Stay well,<br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Randy<br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-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); 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); 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); 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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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><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">Tsugu was, as many of you know, an acclaimed

linguist and philologist</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">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><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">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><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">He had been a man of joy and humor, which

attracted many surrounding people.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">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><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">Tsugu leaves behind his wife Sachiko and their

daughter Kaho. He will be missed by many colleagues, students and friends.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">If you have some farewell words for Prof.

Takeuchi, please send me by email.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">I will forward them to his lovely family.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">with great sadness,</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">Norihiko</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">------------------------</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">Norihiko Hayashi, Ph.D. in Linguistics</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US">Kobe City University of Foreign Studies</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:jinozu@yahoo.co.jp" class="">jinozu@yahoo.co.jp</a></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:n-hayashi@inst.kobe-cufs.ac.jp" class="">n-hayashi@inst.kobe-cufs.ac.jp</a></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" lang="EN-US"></span><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""></div><div class="">Tibeto-burman-linguistics mailing list<br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:Tibeto-burman-linguistics@listserv.linguistlist.org" class="">Tibeto-burman-linguistics@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/tibeto-burman-linguistics" class="">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/tibeto-burman-linguistics</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>