"A Folkloristic Study of the Kojiki" by Choji Takeno, Bunga-do, 1960 Choji Takeno (1889 - 1962) Japanese scholar of Japanese literature. Born in Yamagata Village, Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture. Graduated from the Waseda University Higher Normal School, Department of Japanese Language, Chinese Classics, and History in 1914. He became a professor at the Waseda University Second Higher School, the same Higher Normal School, and the Faculty of Education of Waseda University, and served as the principal of the Higher School and the dean of the Faculty of Education. He retired in 1960 and became a professor emeritus.