Issei Yamamoto

Issei Yamamoto (山本 一清, Yamamoto Issei; 1889–1959) was a Japanese astronomer and professor at Kyoto University. In 1920, he became first president of the Oriental Astronomical Association [ja]. He was director of the Kwasan Observatory in Kyoto.^[1]

Issei Yamamoto
山本一清
Born	May 27, 1889
Died	January 16, 1959(1959-01-16) (aged 69)
Citizenship	Japan
Scientific career
Fields	astronomy
Institutions	Kyoto University, Oriental Astronomical Association [ja], Kwasan Observatory

Honors

Named after him:

• The crater Yamamoto on the Moon.
• Asteroid 2249 Yamamoto.