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Kiyoko Takeda

たけだ きよこ

Takeda Kiyoko

Aliases: 長 清子

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1917-06-20 (Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)
Died
2018-04-12 age 100
Nationality
Japanese
Languages
Japanese, English
Religion
Christianity

Career

Occupations
Intellectual historian
Active Years
1947-2018
Affiliations
International Christian University, Institute of Asian Cultural Studies, ICU, Institute of Social Sciences, ICU
Memberships
Association for the Study of Science of Thought, Article 9 Association
Influenced By
Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Tillich
Influenced
Jun Watanabe

Education

Kobe College
Faculty of Letters, Department of English / English Department
Period: 1934-1939
Year of Graduation: 1939
Country: Japan
Olivet College
Period: 1939-1941
Country: United States
Japan–US exchange student
Columbia University
Period: 1941-1943
Country: United States
Attended for two years
Union Theological Seminary
Country: United States
Graduated

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1978
Work: The Dual-Image of the Japanese Emperor: Around 1945
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞
Christian Merit Award
1997
Organization: Japan Christian Culture Association
Result: 表彰

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Conflict of Views on Humanity: Modern Japanese Thought and Christianity

1959 Intellectual history

Studies the interactions between modern Japanese ideas and Christianity.

Views of HumanityModern JapanChristianity

The Dual-Image of the Japanese Emperor: Around 1945

1978 Intellectual history

A historical examination of the Emperor system before and after 1945.

Emperor SystemPostwar Japan
Translations
  • The Dual-Image of the Japanese Emperor

Bibliography

  • Students Creating History
  • Niebuhr's Humanity, Society, and History
  • Education and Christianity in Japan
  • The Conflict of Views on Humanity: Modern Japanese Thought and Christianity
  • The Dual-Image of the Japanese Emperor: Around 1945

Translations by Author

  • The Children of Light and Darkness: Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of Marxism
  • Christianity and Human Nature, Part I: The Nature of Humanity

Translations of Works

  • The Dual-Image of the Japanese Emperor: Around 1945

Style & Themes

Recurring Motifs
Historical ConflictView of Humanity

Health

  • senility
    2018
    Lived to a notable age

Legacy

Recognized as a pioneer in Japanese intellectual history, praised for deepening dialogue between Christian culture and Japanese thought.