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Takeshi Hara

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Hara Takeshi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1962-08-29 （Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Hibarigaoka housing complex (Nishitokyo) → Kumegawa housing complex (Higashimurayama) → Takiyama housing complex (Higashikurume) → Den-en Aobadai housing complex (Aoba-ku, Yokohama) → Moved to a house along the Tokyu Den-en Toshi Line (Aoba-ku, Yokohama)

経歴

職業
Political scientist, University professor, Researcher, Author, Former journalist
活動期間
1986年〜
所属
National Diet Library, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) — Tokyo social affairs reporter, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo (assistant), Yamanashi Gakuin University (associate professor), Meiji Gakuin University (professor; emeritus professor), International Research Center for Japanese Studies (visiting professor), The Open University of Japan (professor; visiting professor)
所属団体
Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association (director), Takachiho Amaterasu Railway Research Institute (director), Kodansha Honda Yasuharu Nonfiction Prize (selection committee member)
影響を受けた人物
Yasunobu Fujiwara

学歴

Higashikurume Municipal No.7 Elementary School
期間: 1971-1975
卒業年: 1975
国: Japan
Keio Gijuku Junior High School
期間: 1975-1978
卒業年: 1978
国: Japan
Keio High School
期間: 1978-1981
卒業年: 1981
国: Japan
Waseda University
School of Political Science and Economics / Department of Political Science
学位: 学士
期間: 1982-1986
卒業年: 1986
国: Japan
Member of Yasunobu Fujiwara's seminar
Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Law and Politics / Political Science
学位: 修士
期間: 1989-1991
卒業年: 1991
国: Japan
Completed master's program; withdrew from doctoral program (1992).
Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Law and Politics / Political Science
期間: 1991-1992
卒業年: 1992
国: Japan
Withdrew from doctoral program

受賞歴

Suntory Academic Award
1998
対象作品: 'Min-to' Osaka vs 'Teito' Tokyo: Kansai Private Railways as an Idea
部門: 社会・風俗部門
主催: Suntory Foundation
結果: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2001
対象作品: Taishō Emperor
主催: Mainichi Newspapers
結果: 受賞
Kodansha Nonfiction Prize
2008
対象作品: Takiyama Commune 1974
主催: Kodansha
結果: 受賞
Shiba Ryōtarō Prize
2008
対象作品: Shōwa Emperor
主催: Shiba Ryōtarō Prize Selection Committee
結果: 受賞
Contemporary Political Science Award
2024
主催: Japanese Association of Political and Legal Studies
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

'Min-to' Osaka vs 'Teito' Tokyo: Kansai Private Railways as an Idea

1998年 History / Intellectual history

Through a comparison of Osaka and Tokyo, examines the ideological role of private railways in urban formation in modern Japan.

railwaysurban historyintellectual historyprivate railways

Taishō Emperor

2000年 Biography / History

A biographical study reexamining the life and political role of the Taishō Emperor and the dynamics of his era.

the imperial institutionmodern Japanese historypolitical history

Takiyama Commune 1974

2007年 Nonfiction / Social history

A reportage based on documents and testimonies about communal movements that emerged in the Takiyama housing complex in 1974.

housing complexescommunessocial movementspostwar history

Shōwa Emperor

2008年 Biography / Political history

A modern reexamination of the Shōwa Emperor based on historical sources, questioning the relationship between the imperial institution and modern Japan.

emperorpolitical historyreligion and the imperial familymodern history
翻訳
  • Shōwa Emperor — Taiwanese edition (Taiwan Commercial Press, 2008)

Railway Stories

2003年 Essays / Nonfiction

A collection of essays on railways, weaving personal experiences with fragments of modern Japanese history.

railwaysessaysmodern history

全著作

  • Direct Appeals and Royal Authority: A Comparative Intellectual History of Korea and Japan
  • The Idea of 'Izumo': Erased Deities in Modern Japan
  • 'Min-to' Osaka vs 'Teito' Tokyo: Kansai Private Railways as an Idea
  • Taishō Emperor
  • The Visualized Empire: Imperial Tours in Modern Japan
  • The Plaza in Front of the Imperial Palace
  • Railway Stories
  • Railway Stories 2
  • Takiyama Commune 1974
  • Shōwa Emperor
  • Scenery Along the Line
  • Introduction to 'Rail Studies': Modern Japan Seen from the Train Window
  • Earthquakes and Railways
  • The Spatial Politics of Housing Complexes
  • Red Arrow and Star House: Another Postwar Intellectual History
  • Training of Knowledge: What Politics Means for Japan
  • On the Empress
  • A History of Thought about Topography
  • Thinking in 'Lines': Railways, Religion, and the Emperor
  • The Diagram of History: Modern Japanese History Seen through Railways
  • The Last Train
  • Postwar Politics and Hot Springs: Dense Political Spaces in Hakone and Izu
  • The Real Image of the Symbolic Emperor: Reading 'Records of Audiences with the Shōwa Emperor'
  • History of Japanese Political Thought

作品の翻訳

  • Direct Appeals and Royal Authority — Korean edition (Jisik Sanupsa, 2000)
  • Shōwa Emperor — Taiwanese edition (Taiwan Commercial Press, 2008)

作風・主題

文体
Scholarly yet accessible prosePlace- and case-based description (spatial-political perspective)
頻出モチーフ
railwayshousing complexesthe emperor and the imperial familyspaceurban historyimperial tours

評価・遺産

By linking studies of railways, housing complexes and the imperial family through a spatial-political perspective, he introduced new points of view to modern Japanese history and political thought. Through both scholarly and popular writing and media appearances, he has influenced audiences beyond academia.

関連学会

  • Japanese Association of Political and Legal Studies
  • Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association

資料所蔵先

  • Collections and materials at the National Diet Library
  • Meiji Gakuin University Library and research archives
  • Publications archived by The Open University of Japan

大衆文化への影響

  • Featured on MBS documentary program 'Jōnetsu Tairiku' (2005)
  • Contributed to NHK Educational TV's 'Explore This World' series: 'Japan Seen from Railways' (2009)
  • Serialized 'The Diagram of History' in Asahi Shimbun's Saturday supplement 'be'

豆知識

  • A lifelong railway enthusiast; he cites obtaining a railway timetable diagram in his youth as the starting point of his academic career.
  • After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake he purchased 1,000 tickets from Sanriku Railway as a form of support (approx. JPY 600,000).
  • Worked as a reporter for Nihon Keizai Shimbun and covered the Imperial Household Agency beat, including reporting on the health of Emperor Shōwa.
  • Has appeared on media programs such as the documentary series 'Jōnetsu Tairiku'.