Hiroshi Ono (scholar)

Ono was born in Kyoto in 1934.^[1] He received his BA and MA in literature from the University of Tokyo.^[1]

After working as a professor at Gakushūin Women's Junior College, in 1980 he became a professor at Komazawa University.^[1] He retired from Komazawa in March 2004, and became president of the Takaoka Manyou Historical Museum in April.^[1]

He served as executive director of the Association for Early Japanese Literature from 1971 to 2005,^[1] acting as the association's president from 1989 to 1990.^[1] He served as an adviser to the association from 2005.^[1]