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Kazuyasu Watanabe

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Watanabe Kazuyasu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1946-01-01 (Yamagata Prefecture)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Yamagata Prefecture (birthplace) → Aichi Prefecture (worked at Aichi University of Education)

経歴

職業
Historian of thought, University professor
活動期間
1970年〜2011年
所属
Aichi University of Education (associate professor, professor, professor emeritus)

学歴

Yamagata University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
学位: Bachelor
国: Japan
Graduate School of Letters, Tohoku University
Graduate School of Letters
学位: Master's
国: Japan
Completed master's program
Tohoku University
Literature
学位: Doctor (Literature)
卒業年: 2006
国: Japan
Ph.D. in Literature (dissertation: Study of Yoshibo Yasuda [Yasuda Yoshijiro?] — conceptualization of 1930s intellectual history)

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Meiji Intellectual History: Confucian Tradition and Modern Epistemology

1978年 Intellectual history

An academic study discussing Meiji-period thought in relation to Confucian traditions and examining aspects of modern epistemology.

Meiji eraConfucianismModernization

Departure Toward Encounters: Dogen

1980年 Religious intellectual history

A study/introduction focusing on the figure and thought of Dōgen.

DōgenZenBuddhist thought

Independence and Community: Currents of Taisho and Showa Thought

1987年 Intellectual history

A study organizing intellectual trends of the Taisho and Showa periods from the perspectives of community and individual autonomy.

Taisho eraShowa eraCommunitarianism

Hagiwara Sakutaro: Intellectual History of a Poet

1998年 Literary studies

A historical examination of the thought and works of poet Hagiwara Sakutaro.

PoetryModern literatureIndividual expression

Study of Yasuda Yojuro: Conception of 1930s Intellectual History

2004年 Study of intellectual history

A work presenting a conception of 1930s intellectual history through study of Yasuda Yojuro; related to his doctoral research.

1930sYasuda YojuroIntellectual history

Takaki Yoshimoto in the 1940s

2010年 Intellectual history

A study focusing on Takashi (Ryumei) Yoshimoto's 1940s period and tracing formation of his thought.

Takashi Yoshimoto1940sIntellectual formation

Yoshimoto's Postwar: Trajectory of the 1950s

2012年 Intellectual history

A chronological study examining Takashi Yoshimoto's activities and development of thought in the 1950s.

PostwarTakashi Yoshimoto1950s

全著作

  • Meiji Intellectual History: Confucian Tradition and Modern Epistemology
  • Departure Toward Encounters: Dogen
  • Independence and Community: Currents of Taisho and Showa Thought
  • Hagiwara Sakutaro: Intellectual History of a Poet
  • Study of Yasuda Yojuro: Conception of 1930s Intellectual History
  • Takaki Yoshimoto in the 1940s
  • Yoshimoto's Postwar: Trajectory of the 1950s

作風・主題

文体
Scholarly and precise expositionEmphasis on historical context through intellectual history
頻出モチーフ
Relationship between modernization and traditionIndividual and communityContinuities in prewar and postwar intellectual history

評価・遺産

A scholar who contributed for decades to the study and teaching of Japanese intellectual history. As professor emeritus of Aichi University of Education he fostered younger scholars and contributed to understanding modern and contemporary thinkers such as Yasuda Yojuro and Takashi Yoshimoto.

豆知識

  • Received a Ph.D. in Literature in 2006 (doctoral dissertation related to study of Yasuda Yojuro).
  • Retired in 2011 and became professor emeritus of Aichi University of Education.