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'''Marius Berthus Jansen''' (April 11, 1922 – December 10, 2000)<ref>Library of Congress Authority File: [http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n50-36717.html Jansen, Marius B.]; retrieved 2011-07-14</ref> was an American academic, historian, and Emeritus Professor of Japanese History at [[Princeton University]].<ref name="princeton">Princeton University, Office of Communications, [https://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/00/q4/1213-jansen.htm "Professor Marius Berthus Jansen, scholar of Japanese history, dies,"] December 13, 2000.</ref>


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'''Marius Berthus Jansen''' (April 11, 1922 – December 10, 2000)<ref>Library of Congress Authority File: [http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n50-36717.html Jansen, Marius B.]; retrieved 2011-07-14</ref> was an American academic, historian, and Emeritus Professor of Japanese History at [[Princeton University]].<ref name="princeton">Princeton University, Office of Communications, [https://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/00/q4/1213-jansen.htm "Professor Marius Berthus Jansen, scholar of Japanese history, dies,"] December 13, 2000.</ref>
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He was born in [[Vleuten]] in [[the Netherlands]] to Gerarda and Bartus Jansen, a florist who moved his family to [[Johnston, Rhode Island]] in the fall of 1923.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNDT-V3Y Marius B. Jansen] on the passenger list of the ''Volendam'', September 29, 1923, in ''New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924''</ref> Jansen grew up in [[Massachusetts]] and graduated from [[Princeton University|Princeton]] in 1943 and [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1950, having majored in European history of the Renaissance and Reformation.<ref>The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/26/world/marius-b-jansen-78-scholar-of-japanese-history-and-culture.html Marius B. Jansen, 78, Scholar Of Japanese History and Culture] December 26, 2000</ref>


== Biography ==
He was a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref name="princeton"/> and president of the [[Association for Asian Studies]] in 1976.
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Jansen was born in [[Vleuten]] in [[the Netherlands]] to Gerarda and Bartus Jansen, a florist who moved his family to [[Johnston, Rhode Island]] in the fall of 1923.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNDT-V3Y Marius B. Jansen] on the passenger list of the ''Volendam'', September 29, 1923, in ''New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892–1924''</ref> Jansen grew up in [[Massachusetts]] and graduated from [[Princeton University|Princeton]] in 1943, having majored in European history of the Renaissance and Reformation. The same year, he began serving in the Army, studying Japanese and working in the [[Occupation of Japan]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=Michael |title=Book Reviews: The Making of Modern Japan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2668410 |journal=[[Monumenta Nipponica]] |volume=56 |pages=255 |doi=10.2307/2668410 |jstor=2668410 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> He completed his PhD in history at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1950, studying Japan with [[Edwin O. Reischauer]] and China with [[John K. Fairbank]]. His dissertation dealt with the interactions of the two countries and was published as ''The Japanese and [[Sun Yat-sen|Sun Yat Sen]]'' in 1954.<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/26/world/marius-b-jansen-78-scholar-of-japanese-history-and-culture.html "Marius B. Jansen, 78, Scholar Of Japanese History and Culture,"] ''New York Times''. December 26, 2000</ref>

He was a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref name="princeton"/> and president of the [[Association for Asian Studies]] in 1976. In 1999, Jansen was the first foreigner to be honored with the Distinguished Cultural Merit Award, given by the government of Japan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Marius Jansen |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2000/12/14/national/obituary-marius-jansen/ |access-date=14 April 2019 |work=Japan Times |date=14 December 2000}}</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Marius Jansen, [[OCLC]]/[[WorldCat]] encompasses roughly 100+ works in 300+ publications in 12 languages and 13,900+ library holdings.<ref>[http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230150412/http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm |date=2010-12-30 }}: [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-36717 Jansen, Marius B.]</ref>
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Marius Jansen, [[OCLC]]/[[WorldCat]] encompasses roughly 100+ works in 300+ publications in 12 languages and 13,900+ library holdings.<ref>[http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230150412/http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm |date=2010-12-30 }}: [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-36717 Jansen, Marius B.]</ref>
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* ''The Japanese and Sun Yat-sen'' (1954)
* ''The Japanese and Sun Yat-sen'' (1954)
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* ''Studies in the institutional history of early modern Japan'' (1968) [[John Whitney Hall]] and Marius Jansen, eds. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
* ''Studies in the institutional history of early modern Japan'' (1968) [[John Whitney Hall]] and Marius Jansen, eds. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
* ''Japan and its World: Two Centuries of Change'' (1975)
* ''Japan and its World: Two Centuries of Change'' (1975)
* [https://archive.org/details/japanchina00mari ''Japan and China: from War to Peace, 1894–1972''] (1975)<ref>See Chalmers Johnson, "Reviewed Work: Japan and China: From War to Peace, 1894–1972 by Marius B. Jansen" ''The Journal of Japanese Studies'' (1975) 2#1 pp. 147–152 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/132043 online]</ref>
* ''Japan and China: from War to Peace, 1894-1972'' (1975)
* ''Japan in Transition, from Tokugawa to Meiji (1986)
* ''Japan in Transition, from Tokugawa to Meiji (1986)
* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=11dbNDpaxOAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false China in the Tokugawa World]'' (1992 {{ISBN|9780674184763}}) [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674184763]; DeGruyter 2014) The 1988 [[Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures]]
* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=11dbNDpaxOAC China in the Tokugawa World]'' (1992 {{ISBN|978-0-674-18476-3}}) [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674184763]; DeGruyter 2014) The 1988 [[Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures]]
* ''Japanese Today: Change and Continuity'' (1995) [[Edwin O. Reischauer]], Marius B. Jansen<ref>[http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674471849 Japanese Today] Harvard University Press Books</ref>
* ''Japanese Today: Change and Continuity'' (1995) [[Edwin O. Reischauer]], Marius B. Jansen<ref>[http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674471849 Japanese Today] Harvard University Press Books</ref>
* ''The Making of Modern Japan'' (2000)<ref>[http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674009912 The Making of Modern Japan] Harvard University Press Books</ref>
* ''[[The Making of Modern Japan]]'' (2000)<ref>[http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674009912 The Making of Modern Japan] Harvard University Press Books</ref>


==Honors==
==Honors==
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* [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]], 1985.<ref name="princeton"/>
* [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]], 1985.<ref name="princeton"/>
* [[Japan Academy]], 1999 <ref name="princeton"/>
* [[Japan Academy]], 1999 <ref name="princeton"/>
* [[Person of Cultural Merit]], 1999.<ref>[[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)]]: [http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/html/hpae200001/hpae200001_2_083.html ''Culture 2000''.]</ref>
* [[Person of Cultural Merit]], 1999.<ref>[[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)]]: [http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/html/hpae200001/hpae200001_2_083.html ''Culture 2000''.]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Sakamoto Ryōma]]
*[[Sakamoto Ryōma]]
* [[Ryōtarō Shiba]] famous popular fiction author of "Ryōma Coming to Us" which is a historical novel about Sakamoto Ryoma
* [[Ryōmaden]] NHK drama, the story of Sakamoto Ryōma


==Notes==
==References==
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==References==
* Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/26/world/marius-b-jansen-78-scholar-of-japanese-history-and-culture.html "Marius B. Jansen, 78, Scholar Of Japanese History and Culture,"] ''New York Times''. December 26, 2000
* [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20001214b4.html "Obituary: Marius Jansen,"] ''Japan Times''. December 14, 2000.

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Marius Berthus Jansen (April 11, 1922 – December 10, 2000)[1] was an American academic, historian, and Emeritus Professor of Japanese History at Princeton University.[2]

Biography[edit]

Jansen was born in Vleuten in the Netherlands to Gerarda and Bartus Jansen, a florist who moved his family to Johnston, Rhode Island in the fall of 1923.[3] Jansen grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Princeton in 1943, having majored in European history of the Renaissance and Reformation. The same year, he began serving in the Army, studying Japanese and working in the Occupation of Japan.[4] He completed his PhD in history at Harvard in 1950, studying Japan with Edwin O. Reischauer and China with John K. Fairbank. His dissertation dealt with the interactions of the two countries and was published as The Japanese and Sun Yat Sen in 1954.[5]

He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[2] and president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1976. In 1999, Jansen was the first foreigner to be honored with the Distinguished Cultural Merit Award, given by the government of Japan.[6]

Selected works[edit]

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Marius Jansen, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 100+ works in 300+ publications in 12 languages and 13,900+ library holdings.[7]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
  • The Japanese and Sun Yat-sen (1954)
  • Sakamoto Ryōma and the Meiji Restoration (1961)
  • Japan and Communist China in the Next Decade (1964)
  • Changing Japanese Attitudes Toward Modernization (1965)
  • Studies in the institutional history of early modern Japan (1968) John Whitney Hall and Marius Jansen, eds. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
  • Japan and its World: Two Centuries of Change (1975)
  • Japan and China: from War to Peace, 1894–1972 (1975)[8]
  • Japan in Transition, from Tokugawa to Meiji (1986)
  • China in the Tokugawa World (1992 ISBN 978-0-674-18476-3) [1]; DeGruyter 2014) The 1988 Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures
  • Japanese Today: Change and Continuity (1995) Edwin O. Reischauer, Marius B. Jansen[9]
  • The Making of Modern Japan (2000)[10]

Honors[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Library of Congress Authority File: Jansen, Marius B.; retrieved 2011-07-14
  2. ^ a b c d Princeton University, Office of Communications, "Professor Marius Berthus Jansen, scholar of Japanese history, dies," December 13, 2000.
  3. ^ Marius B. Jansen on the passenger list of the Volendam, September 29, 1923, in New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892–1924
  4. ^ Lewis, Michael. "Book Reviews: The Making of Modern Japan". Monumenta Nipponica. 56: 255. doi:10.2307/2668410. JSTOR 2668410 – via JSTOR.
  5. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Marius B. Jansen, 78, Scholar Of Japanese History and Culture," New York Times. December 26, 2000
  6. ^ "Obituary: Marius Jansen". Japan Times. 14 December 2000. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  7. ^ WorldCat Identities Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine: Jansen, Marius B.
  8. ^ See Chalmers Johnson, "Reviewed Work: Japan and China: From War to Peace, 1894–1972 by Marius B. Jansen" The Journal of Japanese Studies (1975) 2#1 pp. 147–152 online
  9. ^ Japanese Today Harvard University Press Books
  10. ^ The Making of Modern Japan Harvard University Press Books
  11. ^ Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan): Culture 2000.
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