Tadao Umesao

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Tadao Umesao
Born	(1920-06-13)June 13, 1920  Japan Kyoto prefecture
Died	July 13, 2010(2010-07-13) (aged 90)
Other names	梅棹 忠夫
Occupation	anthropologist

Tadao Umesao (梅棹 忠夫, Umesao Tadao, June 13, 1920 – July 3, 2010) was a Japanese anthropologist. A professor for decades at Kyoto University, he was also among the founders and the director-general of National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. A number of Umesao's theories were influential on anthropologists, and his work was also well known among the general population of Japan.