The son of bibliographer Kiichiro Kanda, Nobuo Kanda (October 2, 1921-December 30, 2003) is a Japanese historian, who literally spent his entire existence in Taipei.
He was born in Kyoto. He spent his early life in Taipei until he entered Tokyo Imperial University in 1941. He was appointed to an assistant professor in 1949 at Meiji University and taught there until 1992. He frequently visited Taiwan to study the source archive of the Manwen Laodang, namely the Jiu Manzhou Dang. 
