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Tatsuo Satō

さとう たつお

Satō Tatsuo

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1904-05-01 (Fukuoka Prefecture)
死没
1974-09-12 70歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
bureaucrat, essayist, botanist, painter
活動期間
1928年〜1974年

学歴

Tokyo Imperial University (now University of Tokyo)
Faculty of Law / Department of Political Science
学位: 学士(法学)
期間: 在籍-1928
卒業年: 1928
国: Japan

受賞歴

15th Japan Essayist Club Prize
1967
対象作品: Shokubutsushi (Flora / Botanical Writings)
主催: Japan Essayist Club
結果: 受賞
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Paulownia Flowers
1974
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 叙勲
Junior Second Rank (posthumous court rank)
1974
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 叙位

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Talks on the Diet

1949年 politics / commentary

An essayistic commentary explaining the Japanese Diet system and its workings.

parliamentary systempostwar politics

Record of the Birth of the Constitution of Japan

1957年 history / constitutional law

A record, combining personal experience and research, on the process and actors involved in the establishment of the Constitution of Japan.

constitutional formationadministrative law

Shokubutsushi (Flora)

1966年 botany / essays

An essay and observational work demonstrating deep knowledge of plants; combines botanical insight and personal essays. Winner of the Japan Essayist Club Prize.

plant observationnatureessays

全著作

  • Talks on the Diet
  • Military Strength and Others
  • Record of the Birth of the Constitution of Japan
  • Constitutional Lectures
  • Administrative Law
  • Shokubutsushi (Flora)
  • Shokubutsushi Continued
  • My Plant Field Guide
  • Legal Mistakes
  • Saturday, Monday - Essay Collection
  • The Devil of Law - Legal Essays
  • The Heart of Nature
  • Flower Picture Book - Art and Essays

作風・主題

文体
clear, explanatory essayistic stylespecialized descriptions on law and constitutionobservational prose based on botanical study
頻出モチーフ
nature and plantsmechanics of law and institutionspersonal reminiscence

評価・遺産

A multifaceted figure who influenced postwar legal administration and civil service systems as head of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau and President of the National Personnel Authority, and who was also respected for essays, botanical studies, and painting.

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library, Parliamentary Archives — Tatsuo Satō related documents

豆知識

  • His father was government official Kōsaburō Satō.
  • Known as a bureaucrat who also practiced essay writing, painting, and botanical research.
  • Won the 15th Japan Essayist Club Prize (1967) for 'Shokubutsushi' (published 1966).