Ōtsuka Hisao

Ōtsuka Hisao ( Japanese 大 塚 久 雄 ; born May 3, 1907 in Kyōto ; died July 9, 1996 in Tōkyō ) was a Japanese economic historian who dealt primarily with the economic systems of the West.

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Ōtsuka Hisao graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Tōkyō University in 1930 . He taught at Hōsei University and then became a professor at his alma mater. After retiring in 1968, he taught at the "International Christian University" (国際 基督教 大学, Kokusai Kirisuto-kyō daigaku).

The religiously founded society, as represented by Max Weber , connected Ōtsuka with the Marxian doctrine. This connection became known as "Ōtsuka history teaching" (大 塚 史学, Ōtsuka shigaku). It had a great influence on the understanding of the economic history of Japan.

In his 1944 book Introduction to Modern Economic History in Europe (近代 欧 州 経 済 史 序 説, Kindai Ōshū keizaishi josetsu), Ōtsuka argued that middle-class entrepreneurs are the core of modern society. That was his central idea of ​​economic history. Other publications by Ōtsuka are “Studies on the Origin of Public Companies” (株式会社 発 生 史 論, Kabushiki kaisha hassei-shi ron) 1938, “Lines of Development of Modern Capitalism” (近代 資本主義 の 系譜, Kindai shihonshugi no keifu) 1946 and “Belief reform and modern Society "(宗教改革 と 近代 社会, Shūkyō kaikaku to kindai shakai), 1948.

In 1970 Ōtsuka received the Asahi Prize . In 1975 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits and was awarded the Order of Culture in 1992 .

Remarks

1. ↑ Without exception, the professorship at Tōkyō University ends with reaching the age of 60
2. ↑ Ōtsuka received the Mainichi Culture Prize for this in 1947 .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Ōtsuka Hisao. In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1173.

Web links

• Biographies Ōtsuka Hisao in the Kotobank, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ōtsuka is the family name, Hisao the first name.