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Yuko Tanaka

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Tanaka Yūko

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1952-01-30 (Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Edo culture researcher, Essayist, University professor, University president (former)
活動期間
1977年〜
所属
Hosei University, Edo-Tokyo Research Center (Visiting/Designated Professor), Weekly Friday (editorial board member)
所属団体
Suntory Foundation (board member, etc.), Ōbutsu Jirō Literary Prize (selection committee), Kaikō Takeshi Nonfiction Award (juror, until 2022), Suntory Regional Culture Award (selection committee, until 2022), Norikoenet (co-representative)
影響を受けた人物
Yasushi Hiromasu, Jun Ishikawa

学歴

Seisen Jogakuin Junior & Senior High School
期間: up to 1970
卒業年: 1970
国: Japan
High school graduate
Hosei University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Japanese Literature
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
学位: Bachelor
期間: 1970-1974
卒業年: 1974
国: Japan
Undergraduate thesis on Jun Ishikawa
Hosei University Graduate School, Graduate School of Humanities
Graduate School of Humanities
学位: Master
期間: 1974-1977
卒業年: 1977
国: Japan
Completed master's program
Hosei University Graduate School, Doctoral program (completed coursework, withdrew)
Graduate School of Humanities
期間: 1978-1980
卒業年: 1980
国: Japan
Completed doctoral coursework and withdrew; studied under Yasushi Hiromasu

受賞歴

Arts Encouragement Prize (Newcomer) - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1986
対象作品: Imagination of Edo
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs (Arts Encouragement Prize)
結果: 受賞
Suntory Academic Award
2000
対象作品: One Hundred Edo Dreams
主催: Suntory Foundation
結果: 受賞
Arts Encouragement Prize - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Main Prize)
2000
対象作品: One Hundred Edo Dreams
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞
Order of the Purple Ribbon
2005
主催: Cabinet Office (Medals of Honor)
結果: 受章

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Imagination of Edo

1986年 Cultural history / Essay

A multifaceted exploration of Edo-period culture and imagination that challenged prevailing views of the era.

Edo cultureUrban historyPopular culture

One Hundred Edo Dreams

2000年 Cultural history / Iconography

An essay collection reading Edo culture through images and materials from an international perspective.

IconographyInternational comparisonEdo life

Drifting Through Early Modern Asia

1990年 Historical research / Cultural studies

Depicts Edo as an international city through mutual perceptions between Japan and Asia in the Edo period.

International exchangeMaritime culturesComparative culture

Sounds of Edo

1988年 Cultural history

Essays that use the sounds and acoustic culture of Edo to portray society of the time.

Sound cultureEveryday history

全著作

  • Imagination of Edo (1986)
  • Sounds of Edo (1988)
  • Drifting Through Early Modern Asia (1990)
  • Edo as a Network (1993)
  • One Hundred Edo Dreams (2000)
  • Love in Edo (2002)
  • Kimono Essays (2005)
  • The Power of Cloth: From Edo to the Present (2010)
  • You're a Woman!? From the Edo Perspective (2023)
  • Words Exist to Choose: From the Edo Perspective (2024)

作家による翻訳

  • Anthony Reid: 'Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce I & II' (co-translator)
  • Timon Screech: 'The Visual Culture of Edo' (co-translator)

作風・主題

文体
Accessible proseInterdisciplinary, referencing images and popular culture
頻出モチーフ
Edo daily lifeCloth and clothing cultureImages and visual sources

健康

  • Suspected malignant lymphoma
    2001
    Hospitalized and took a six-month leave; later diagnosed with allergic condition and returned to work

評価・遺産

A scholar and public intellectual who helped shape popular interest in Edo culture through both academic work and accessible essays. Noted for university leadership and public commentary; while influential, she has also faced criticism for political remarks.

関連学会

  • Japanese Association for Early Modern Literature (related field)
  • Japanese Literary Society (has presented and published)

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holdings)

引用

  • Opposition to selective spousal separate surnames lacks the viewpoint that 'anyone should be able to choose, I should be able to choose too.'
    出典: Mainichi Shimbun (quoted statement) (2016年)

豆知識

  • Served as the 19th president of Hosei University (2014-2021), the first female president among the Tokyo Big Six universities.
  • Known for making Edo culture accessible to general readers through books such as 'Imagination of Edo'.