Etienne Deschenaux デシュノ・エティエンヌ is the publisher of the “kanji dictionary”, 2136 basic Japanese characters for learning and reference“.
It is based on the official Jōyō-Kanji list (2136 characters), as announced by the Japanese Ministry of Education in 2010.
Etienne Deschenaux has completed the required studies in Japanese language and culture (日本語・日本文化) at the Institute of Language and Culture Studies (日本言語文化部), Hokkaido University, with a scholarship of the Japanese Ministry of Education (文部省), now Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (文部科学省).