Ernest Fenollosa

Ernest Fenollosa
Fenollosa in 1890
Born	Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-02-18)February 18, 1853 Salem, Massachusetts
Died	September 21, 1908(1908-09-21) (aged 55) London, England
Resting place	Mii-dera
Nationality	American
Occupations	Art historian professor
Years active	1878-1908
Employer(s)	Tokyo Imperial Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Tokyo Higher Normal School
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Goodhue Millett (1878-1895) Mary McNeill Scott (1895-1908)

Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (February 18, 1853 – September 21, 1908) was an American art historian of Japanese art, professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial University. An important educator during the modernization of Japan during the Meiji Era, Fenollosa was an enthusiastic Orientalist who did much to preserve traditional Japanese art.