Gotō Shuichi

Gotō Shuichi ( Japanese 後 藤 守 一 ; born August 10, 1888 in Tagoe (田 越 村) in Miura County (三浦 郡), Kanagawa Prefecture ; died July 30, 1960 ) was a Japanese archaeologist.

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Gotō Shuichi graduated from the University of Education in Shizuoka (静岡 師範学校, Shizuoka shihan gakkō) in 1913 and then taught at a middle school. In 1921 he became an employee at the National Museum Tōkyō . In 1927 he toured Europe and the USA. In 1940 he left office. He then worked as a lecturer at Meiji University , Kokugakuin University and Nihon University , and in 1949 became a professor at Meiji University.

Gotō's area of ​​interest was Japanese prehistory and early history. During his time at the National Museum, he led the excavations of the Toro site and the Oyū (大 湯) stone circles. His specialty were the large tombs in keyhole shape, the kofun .

Belong to his writings

• "Mirror in the style of the Han period " (漢 式 鏡, Kanshiki kagami),
• "Archeology of Japan" (日本 考古学, Nihon kōkogaku),
• "Archeology in Japanese History" (日本 歴 史 考古学, Nihon rekishi kōkogaku),
• "To the Haniwa " (埴 輪 の 話, Haniwa no hanashi),
• "On the Japanese culture of the past" (日本 古代 文化 の 話, Nihon kojidai bunka no hanashi),
• "Archaeological review of Japanese prehistory" (日本 古代史 の 考古学 的 検 討, Nihon kojidai-shi no kōkogaku-teki kentō) and
• “Research on prehistory” (古代史 研究, Kojidai-shi kenkyū).

Remarks

1. ↑ Today the district of Zushi .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Gotō Shuichi . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia . Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 470.

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