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Koji Iizuka

いいづか こうじ

Iizuka Koji

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1906-04-03 (Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan)
Died
1970-12-04 (First Department, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan) age 64
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Geographer
Active Years
1932-1970
Affiliations
International Cultural Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Faculty of Economics, Rikkyo University, Institute for Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Sapporo University

Education

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Economics
Year of Graduation: 1930
Country: Japan
Sorbonne University
Department of Geography
Period: 1932-1934
Year of Graduation: 1934
Country: France
Government scholarship recipient

Awards

Mainichi Publication Culture Award
1957
Organization: Mainichi Newspaper Company
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

History of Theories in Human Geography: Historical Reflection for Methodology

1949 Scholarly work

A scholarly study on the history of theories in human geography.

Human GeographyHistory of Theories

Bibliography

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ScholarlyCritical
Recurring Motifs
Spatial analysisCultural comparison

Health

  • Uremia
    1970年
    Cause of death

Legacy

A leading figure in Japanese human geography of the 20th century.

Trivia

  • His cousin was lyricist Tokiko Iwatani.