University professor of East Asian studies Richard Okada died of natural causes on April 4 at the age of 66. Known for his work on Japanese literature and culture across a broad range of time periods and disciplines, Okada received his Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley, in 1983 and joined the University faculty in 1985 after serving as the director of the Program in Asian Studies at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire.
Okada was considered an expert on an 11th-century work of Japanese literature known as “The Tale of the Genji” according to University press release, editing a three-volume collection of essays and authoring multiple critical studies of his own on it. He also worked on contemporary film and hip-hop music. In 2008, he received an award for his graduate teaching from the McGraw Center. Plans for a memorial service are underway.
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