Yoko Matsuoka McClain (January 1, 1924[1] – November 2, 2011) was a Japanese-born American professor of Japanese language and literature at the University of Oregon.
She graduated from Tsuda College in 1945 and found work as a translator during the Occupation of Japan by the Americans following World War II.
[1] McClain taught Japanese literature at the University of Oregon from 1964 to 1994, when she became a professor emeritus.
[1] The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs honored McClain for her contributions to Japanese-U.S. cultural relations in 2003.
[1] In August 2011, McClain received the Gertrude Bass Warner Award from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.