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Yakov Dmitriyevich Tikhai (Russian: Яков Дмитриевич Тихай pronounced tee-'high) was a Russian orthodox composer, liturgist, and missionary. With Dmitri Lvovsky, he established a liturgical music school in Tokyo on the grounds of the Japanese mission to educate Japanese Christians in the new forms of music and to teach Japanese choir leaders for the new parishes.