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Takeo Suzuki

すずき たけお

Suzuki Takeo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1905-05-23 (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
Died
1995-12-09 age 90
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Minami-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
jurist, commercial law scholar
Active Years
1928-1995
Affiliations
University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, Sophia University
Memberships
Japan Academy
Influenced By
Kotaro Tanaka
Influenced
Masaaki Kitazawa, Kunio Furusemura, Akio Takeuchi, Junnosuke Tanaka, Yoshimichi Hiraide, Koji Kondo, Yo Maeda

Education

Tokyo Imperial University
Faculty of Law
Degree: 法学士
Year of Graduation: 1928
Country: Japan
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Law / Department of Law
Degree: 法学博士
Year of Graduation: 1962
Country: Japan

Awards

Person of Cultural Merit
1982
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 認定
Order of Culture
1989
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ikuzanka - Memories of a Commercial Law Scholar

1993 memoir

Bibliography

Health

  • pneumonia
    1995-12-09
    cause of death

Legacy

He made significant contributions to the development of commercial law in Showa-era Japan.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Academy

In Popular Culture

  • Nicknamed 'Bamboo Suzuki'

Trivia

  • Lived in Minami-Azabu in his later years
  • Nicknamed 'Bamboo Suzuki'