Nelly Naumann

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Nelly Naumann (* December 20, 1922 in Lörrach as Thusnelda Jost, † September 29, 2000 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German Japanologist who wrote important papers for research on Japan. Special mention should be made of her analysis of Japanese myths in connection with the Shinto . Their work was under the influence of the Vienna School of Art History .

Life

After graduating from the Hebel-Gymnasium in Lörrach in 1941 , Naumann studied Japanese Studies, Sinology , Ethnology and Philosophy in Vienna . Due to the war, she was only able to finish her dissertation “The Horse in Sage and Customs of Japan” in 1946 and was the first female Japanese scientist to receive her doctorate at the University of Vienna .

She lived in Shanghai until 1954 , after which she worked at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich. From 1966 to 1970 he taught Japanese folklore in Bochum , Münster and Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1970 she completed her habilitation “Converting the Sky Pillar”. This was followed by the professorship for Japanese Studies in Freiburg until 1985.

After her retirement, she wrote other writings, including “The indigenous religion of Japan” (Leiden 1988–1994) and “The myths of ancient Japan” (Munich 1996).

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• Klaus Antoni , Maria-Verena Blümmel: In Memoriam Nelly Naumann. In: NOAG. 167-170 (2000/01), pp. 7-14 ( PDF file; 185 kB ). In: Asian Ethnology. Volume 60, No. 1, 2001, pp. 135-146 (translation into English, PDF file; 211 kB ).
• Sepp Linhart : Memories of Nelly Naumann . In: Minikomi - Information of the Academic Working Group Japan. No. 4/2000, p. 5 f. ( PDF file; 624 kB ).
• Obituary of the Society for Japan Research eV In: Japanforschung - Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Japanforschung eV No. 2/2000, p. 7 ( PDF file; 292 kB ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Nelly Naumann in the catalog of the German National Library