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Hideo Matsuoka

まつおか ひでお

Matsuoka Hideo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1912-12-09 （Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan）
Died
2001-04-08 age 88
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Political commentator, Historian
Active Years
1938-2001
Affiliations
Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun

Education

University of Tokyo
Year of Graduation: 1938
Country: Japan

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1979
Work: Okubo Ichiou
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Stories of Burma

1944 Essay

Okubo Ichiou

1979 History

Ansei Purge: Ii Naosuke and Nagano Shuze

2001 History

Bibliography

  • Stories of Burma
  • Sixty Years of Human Rights Protection
  • Hideo Matsuoka Dialogues 1
  • Sunday Commentary
  • Okubo Ichiou: The Last Retainer of the Bakumatsu
  • Chushin Iwase: The Diplomat Who Opened Japan
  • Writing Workshop for University Students
  • Continued Sunday Commentary
  • Liberal Democratic Party, Don't Be Arrogant: Monopoly and Political Crisis
  • Letter to the Japanese Communist Party
  • The Day the Coalition Government Collapsed: Lessons from the Socialist Katayama Cabinet
  • Letter to the Japan Socialist Party
  • Yozaburo Torii: Oppressor of the Tenpo Reforms
  • Ansei Purge: Ii Naosuke and Nagano Shuze

Style & Themes

Literary Style
A style that discusses history and politics in plain language
Recurring Motifs
Political reformReevaluation of historical figures

Health

  • Pneumonia
    2001年4月
    Caused his death

Legacy

Known for his studies on Bakumatsu history and political commentary, praised for his clear writing style.

Trivia

  • Ran as the unified progressive candidate in the 1983 Tokyo gubernatorial election.