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Ishida Eiichiro

いしだ えいいちろう

Ishida Eiichiro

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1903-06-30 （Osaka Prefecture）
Died
1968-11-09 age 65
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
cultural anthropologist, ethnologist
Active Years
1924-1968
Influenced By
Kunio Yanagita, Masa'o Oka

Education

Kyoto Imperial University
Faculty of Economics / Department of Economics
Period: 1924-1926
Country: Japan
Withdrew due to student movement
University of Vienna
Ethnology
Period: 1937-1939
Year of Graduation: 1939
Country: Austria
Studied abroad
University of Tokyo
College of Arts and Sciences / Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Degree: 文学博士
Period: 1961
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: Japan
Submitted doctoral thesis

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1967
Work: Maya Civilization
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kappa Komainiki: A Comparative Ethnological Study

1948 academic book

Maya Civilization: Mysteries Left in World History

1967 academic book

Momotaro's Mother: Comparative Ethnological Essays

1956 academic book

Bibliography

  • Kappa Komainiki: A Comparative Ethnological Study
  • Issun-bōshi
  • Basic Problems in Ethnology
  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • Maya Civilization: Mysteries Left in World History

Translations by Author

  • The Million Years of Man: An Introduction to Anthropology

Style & Themes

Literary Style
academiccomparative ethnological
Recurring Motifs
folklorecultural comparison

Health

  • pleurisy
    1922-1923
    took leave of absence
  • lung cancer
    1968
    cause of death

Legacy

Contributed to the development of cultural anthropology in Japan and trained many disciples

Academic Societies

  • Japan Society of Ethnology

Archives

  • Historiographical Institute, University of Tokyo