Masahide Takasaki - Japanese Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1901-10-16 （Ota Village, Kamishinagawa District, Toyama Prefecture (now Toyama City), Toyama, Japan）
Died: 1982-03-02 age 80
Nationality: Japan
Languages: Japanese

Occupations: Japanese literature scholar, Manyō scholar, Waka poet
Active Years: 1925-1982
Affiliations: Kokugakuin University, Kokugakuin University Tochigi Junior College
Influenced By: Shinobu Orikuchi
Influenced: Shigemi Kobayashi, Mitsuru Sakurai, Masaji Abe

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Toyama Prefectural Toyama Middle School	—	—	—	—	Japan
Kokugakuin University	—	Department of Japanese Literature	学士	—	Japan
Kokugakuin University	—	Department of Japanese Literature	文学博士	—	Japan

Toyama Prefectural Toyama Middle School

Year of Graduation: 1919

Country: Japan

Kokugakuin University

Department of Japanese Literature

Degree: 学士

Year of Graduation: 1925

Country: Japan

Kokugakuin University

Department of Japanese Literature

Degree: 文学博士

Year of Graduation: 1950

Country: Japan

Doctoral thesis: "Study on the Chapter of the Appearance of the Sacred Sword in the Jinnyo Volume of the Nihon Shoki"

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1973	Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class	—	—	Government of Japan	Received

Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class

1973

Organization: Government of Japan

Result: Received

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award 1 appearances

1971

Although his birth date in the family register is October 19, his actual birth date is October 16.
He was a heavy drinker and consumed three go of sake every evening.
During wartime air raids, his books were destroyed, so he completed his doctoral thesis with limited resources.
He was invited as an expert to the National Foundation Day Council in establishing National Foundation Day.
His hobby was visiting hot springs, and he often traveled to Yamagata.