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Chie Nakane

なかね ちえ

Nakane Chie

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1926-11-30 (Totsuka Village, Toyotama District, Tokyo Prefecture)
Died
2021-10-12 (Tokyo, Japan) age 94
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
social anthropologist, university professor
Active Years
1952-2021
Affiliations
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, National Museum of Ethnology, Teikyo University, Tokyo Jogakkan University
Memberships
Japan Academy

Education

Tokyo Metropolitan Yashio High School
Degree: 卒業
Year of Graduation: 1944
Country: Japan
Tsuda College
Department of Foreign Languages
Degree: 卒業
Year of Graduation: 1947
Country: Japan
Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo
Department of Oriental History
Degree: 卒業
Year of Graduation: 1950
Country: Japan
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo
Degree: 修士
Year of Graduation: 1952
Country: Japan

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1959
Work: The Face of Primitive Society and the Face of Civilization
Organization: Mainichi Shimbun
Result: 受賞
Purple Ribbon Medal
1990
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Person of Cultural Merit
1993
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class
1998
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Order of Culture
2001
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Vertical Society

1967 social anthropology

A social anthropology study analyzing the vertical structure and human relationships of Japanese society.

social structurehuman relationships
Translations
  • Japanese Society: A Vertical Society

Bibliography

Translations by Author

  • Desert (by Folco Quilici)

Translations of Works

  • Japanese Society: A Vertical Society

Legacy

She had a profound impact on the field of social anthropology with her research on Japanese social structure.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Academy

Trivia

  • She was the first female professor at the University of Tokyo and the first female member of the Japan Academy.
  • Her book 'Vertical Society' achieved 124 printings and over 1.16 million copies sold.