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Mitsusada Inoue

いのうえ みつさだ

Inoue Mitsusada

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1917-09-19 (Miyamura-chō, Azabu Ward, Tokyo City (now Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan))
Died
1983-02-27 (Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo) age 65
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
historian, university professor
Active Years
1942-1983
Affiliations
University of Tokyo, National Museum of Japanese History
Influenced By
Taro Sakamoto, Max Weber, Sa-yu Tsuda, Kikuo Kojima, Tetsuro Watsuji

Education

Gakushuin Elementary School
Period: 1924-1930
Year of Graduation: 1930
Country: Japan
Seikei High School
Period: 1930-1940
Year of Graduation: 1940
Country: Japan
Department of National History, Faculty of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University
Faculty of Letters / Department of National History
Degree: 文学士
Period: 1940-1942
Year of Graduation: 1942
Country: Japan
Graduation thesis on 'Society and Buddhism before the relocation of the capital to Nara'
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo
Degree: 文学博士
Period: -1959
Year of Graduation: 1959
Country: Japan
Dissertation: Research on the establishment history of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism

Awards

Medal with Purple Ribbon
1980
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Junior Third Rank
1983
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 叙位
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
1983
Category: 勲二等
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Research on the Ancient Japanese State

1965 Historical Research
Japanese Ancient History

Study of the Establishment of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism

1956 Religious History
History of Buddhist ThoughtJapanese Ancient History

Bibliography

  • Research on the Ancient Japanese State
  • Study of the Establishment of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism
  • Ancient Japanese State and Buddhism

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Positivist historiography
Recurring Motifs
ancient stateRitsuryō system

Health

  • nephritis
    1935年,1937年
    health issues
  • heart attack
    1976年2月
    hospitalization and leave
  • heart bypass surgery
    1977年2月-4月
    recovery
  • pneumonia
    1983年2月
    cause of death

Legacy

Established positivist approaches in Japanese ancient history, contributed to education and research through numerous commentaries on classical works and textbook writings.