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Yumi Suzuki

すずき ゆみ

Suzuki Yumi

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1976-01-01 (Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
historian, researcher
Active Years
1999-
Affiliations
Medieval Civil Wars Study Group (Chair)

Education

Teikyo University
Faculty of Letters / Department of History
Degree: 学士
Year of Graduation: 1999
Country: Japan

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Chūsendai Rebellion: Hōjō Tokiyuki and the Dream of Restoring the Kamakura Shogunate

2021 history

A scholarly study focusing on the Chūsendai Rebellion and Hōjō Tokiyuki, reexamining attempts to restore the Kamakura shogunate and the political and military circumstances of the period. Uses primary sources to clarify the rebellion's course and impact.

medieval historymilitary historypolitical history

Bibliography

  • The Chūsendai Rebellion: Hōjō Tokiyuki and the Dream of Restoring the Kamakura Shogunate, Chūōkōron-Shinsha, 2021
  • Abe Takeshi (ed.), Governance and the People in the Medieval Period (contributor), Dōseisha, 2007
  • Hosokawa Shigeo (ed.), Biographies of Kamakura Shoguns, Regents and Co-signatories (contributor), Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2015
  • Natsume Takashi & Takeda Shingo (eds.), Personal Histories: Abe Takeshi—Traces of His Legacy (contributor), Japanese Historical Sources Research Association, 2016
  • Gozawa Yūichi (ed.), Frontiers of Southern Court Studies: From the Kenmu Regime to the Later Southern Court (contributor), Yōsensha / Asahi Shimbun Publications, 2016/2020
  • Japanese Historical Sources Research Association (ed.), Little-Known Facts of Japanese History Vol.1 (contributor), Iwata Shoin, 2016
  • Japanese Historical Sources Research Association (ed.), Little-Known Facts of Japanese History Vol.2 (contributor), Iwata Shoin, 2017
  • Kanda Yuri (ed.), People Called Denso: Seven Hundred Years of Court-Bakufu Negotiators (contributor), Minerva Shobō, 2017
  • Japanese Historical Sources Research Association (ed.), Little-Known Facts of Japanese History Vol.3 (contributor), Iwata Shoin, 2018
  • Japanese Historical Sources Research Association (ed.), Shogun, Regent, and Co-signer: Rethinking Kamakura Shogunate Power (contributor), Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2018
  • Sekiguchi Takashi (ed.), Frontiers of Research on the Sei-i Taishōgun: The Real Image of the Military Leader (contributor), Yōsensha, 2018

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly yet accessible proseemphasis on evidence-based arguments from primary sources
Recurring Motifs
analysis of power structuresrebellion and popular movements

Legacy

A noted medievalist specializing in the Chūsendai Rebellion and Kamakura-period power structures. Through monographs and collaborative works, she has contributed to a deeper understanding of political dynamics of the era.

Trivia

  • She is not the same person as the professional wrestler 'Cutie Suzuki', though they share the same name.
  • The subject's Wikipedia entry has been marked as a stub and contains a note questioning notability.