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Masaru Sekino

せきの まさる

Sekino Masaru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1909-02-14 (Tokyo)
Died
2001-01-25 age 91
Nationality
Japanese
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Architectural Historian, Professor, Researcher
Active Years
1929-2001
Affiliations
University of Tokyo, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Meiji Mura Museum

Education

Urawa High School (pre-war)
Science Class A
Year of Graduation: 1929
Country: Japan
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Faculty of Engineering / Department of Architecture
Year of Graduation: 1933
Country: Japan
University of Tokyo
Degree: 工学博士
Year of Graduation: 1945
Country: Japan

Awards

Person of Cultural Merit
1990
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Brief History of Japanese Housing

1942 Scholarly Work

Various Aspects of Architecture

1951 Scholarly Work

Temples and Shrines

1956 Scholarly Work

Cultural Properties and Architectural History

1969 Scholarly Work

Cultural Properties and Architectural History

1979 Scholarly Work

Cultural Properties Series: Japanese Architecture Vols. 1-5

1976 Scholarly Work

The Atmosphere of the Meiji Era

1980 Scholarly Work

Japanese Folk Houses

1980 Scholarly Work

Bibliography

  • Nihon Jūtaku Shoshi (1942)
  • Kenchiku no Iroiro (1951)
  • Tera to Yashiro (1956)
  • Bunkazai to Kenchikushi (1969)
  • Bunkazai to Kenchikushi (1979)
  • Bunkazai Kōza: Nihon no Kenchiku Vols.1–5 (1976–77)
  • Meiji no Tatazumai (1980)
  • Nihon no Minka (1980)

Legacy

He made significant contributions to the preservation of cultural properties and the study of architectural history in Japan.

Trivia

  • His father was architectural and art historian and archaeologist Tei Sekino, and his younger brother was archaeologist Yu Sekino.