Taro Tsurumi (born 1965) is a Japanese historian and Professor in the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Waseda University. After graduating from Kyoto University, he completed his doctoral studies in modern Japanese history at Kyoto University. His research focuses on modern Japanese history, intellectual history, and the history of folklore studies, with particular emphasis on Kunio Yanagita and the development of Japanese folkloristics. Widely respected for his meticulous archival research, he has written extensively on the intellectual networks and cultural movements that shaped modern Japan. His notable books include "Yanagita Kunio and His Disciples," "A Biography of Hashiura Yasuo," "The Passionate Days of Japanese Folklore Studies," "An Introduction to Yanagita Kunio," and "The Thought of Roundtable Discussions."
