Kano Naoki

Kano Naoki

Kano Naoki ( Japanese 狩 野 直 喜 ; born November 11, 1868 in the province of Higo ; died December 13, 1947 ) was a Japanese sinologist and philosopher.

life and work

Kano Naoki graduated from Tōkyō University . In 1900 he was sent to Beijing from his university. He got into a state of emergency during the Boxer Rebellion and got stuck in the Japanese embassy. He then visited Shanghai and returned to Japan in 1903.

In 1906 he became director of the newly established Institute for Eastern Cultures (today part of the Institute for Humanistic Studies). In 1912 Kano toured Europe and had contact with the French sinologist Édouard Chavannes , where he came into contact with the Dunhuang manuscripts (敦煌 文献). Kano retired in 1928.

Kano made a great contribution to the studies of China, especially with his bibliographical studies of the classics of the Qing period . His writings include "History of Chinese Philosophy" (中国 哲学, Chūgoku tetsugaku) ​​from 1953.

In 1944 Kano was awarded the Order of Culture .

Remarks

1. ↑ This Kano (狩 野) is spelled differently than the artists of the Kanō school with a short o.
2. ↑ Today part of Kumamoto Prefecture .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Kano Naoki . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 740.

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