Suzuki Torao

Suzuki Torao ( Japanese 鈴木 虎 雄 ; born January 18, 1878 in Yoshida (吉田 町) ( Niigata Prefecture ); died January 20, 1963 ) was a Japanese scholar of Chinese literature and writer of Chinese and Japanese poetry.

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Suzuki Torao came from an ancient family of scholars who served the Makino in Nagaoka . He moved to Tokyo and was a student at various schools there. In 1900 he graduated from the Faculty of Chinese in Tokyo University . After dropping out of graduate studies, he worked for various newspapers and also took on teaching positions until he became assistant professor at the University of Kyoto in 1908 and then professor in 1919. In 1938 he was adopted as "Meiyo Kyōju".

Starting with “Shina-shi ronshi” (支那 詩 論 史) in 1925, Suzuki made many important contributions to the understanding of Chinese poetry. He also translated the entire work of the poet Du Fu (712–770).

Since 1939 Suzuki was a member of the Japanese Academy of Sciences . In 1958 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits , in 1961 he was awarded the Order of Culture .

Remarks

1. ↑ "Torah" = "Tiger" in his first name indicates that he was born in the year of the tiger according to the cycle of the twelve earth branches .
2. ↑ Meiyo Kyōju (名誉 教授) is occasionally rendered in German as "Professor emeritus". But in contrast to this title, which is automatically used on retirement, this is a special award only occasionally granted in Japan.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Suzuki Torao . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1489.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Suzuki is the family name, Torao the first name.