Harold Gould Henderson

For the British Conservative politician, see Harold Henderson.

Harold Gould Henderson (1889–1974) was an American academic, art historian and Japanologist. He was a Columbia University professor for twenty years. From 1948 through 1952, he was the President of the Japan Society in New York,[1] and in 1968 he cofounded the Haiku Society of America.[2]

Biography

Henderson earned a degree at Columbia University in 1910, and continued his studies in Japan between 1930 and 1934.[1] From 1927 through 1929, Henderson was assistant curator of the Far East Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[3] In 1934, he joined the faculty of Columbia. His academic career was interrupted by military service in the Second World War. At war's end, he returned to Columbia, retiring in 1956.[1]

In 1945 he married Mary A. Benjamin, 1905-1998, The Autograph Lady", and the daughter of Walter Romeyn Benjamin 1854-1943 and took over her father's business at his passing. Her mother was Rachel Seigne 1875-1954.

In World War II Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson's war service took him to Japan.[3] General Douglas MacArthur's staff during the occupation of Japan included a Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) section. Among those serving with Henderson in Tokyo were Sherman Lee,[4] Laurence Sickman[5] and Patrick Lennox Tierney.[6]

In Tokyo, Henderson was an advisor on education, religion, and art. Along with Reginald Horace Blyth, he served as a liaison between General MacArthur and Japan’s Imperial household. He participated in the process of drafting the Humanity Declaration in which the Emperor renounced his personal divinity.[7]

In 1974 Henderson was honored the Order of the Sacred Treasure.[1]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Harold Henderson, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 70+ works in 160+ publications in 5 languages and 4,900+ library holdings.[8]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Harold Henderson, Japanese Scholar, New York Times. May 11, 1988.
  2. ↑ Haiku Society of America website.
  3. 1 2 Monuments Men Foundation: Monuments Men> Henderson, Harold G.
  4. ↑ Weber, Bruce. "Sherman Lee, Who Led Cleveland Museum, Dies at 90," New York Times. July 11, 2008; Kappes, John. "Sherman Lee, who led the Cleveland Museum of Art to global renown, dead at 90," The Plain Dealer (Cleveland). July 9, 2008.
  5. ↑ Monuments Men Foundation: Monuments Men> Sickman, Maj. Laurence
  6. ↑ Consulate General of Japan, Los Angeles: Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (3rd class).
  7. ↑ Dower, John. (1999). Embracing Defeat, p. 310.
  8. ↑ WorldCat Identities: Henderson, Harold Gould
  9. ↑ Walton, Eda Lou. "Japanese Poets Who Have Influenced the Imagists; The Bamboo Broom: An Introduction to Japanese Haiku by Harold Gould Henderson," New York Times. April 22, 1934.

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