Tsuji Zennosuke

Tsuji Zennosuke

Tsuji Zennosuke ( Japanese 辻 善 之 助 ; born April 15, 1877 in Himeji ( Hyōgo Prefecture ); died October 13, 1955 ) was a Japanese historian and follower of the Jōdo Shinshū faith of Buddhism.

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Tsuji Zennozuke graduated from Tōkyō University in 1899 with a specialization in history. In 1911 he became an assistant professor in the humanities department at his alma mater. In 1921 he was awarded the Onchishō (恩賜 賞) of the Academy of Sciences , in 1923 he became a professor. In 1932 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences. He was adopted in 1938 when he reached the age limit as Meiyo Kyōju. Tsuji then took over a professorship at the "Seishin joshi gakuin" (聖 心 女子 学院).

1940, in the sign of the 2600th anniversary of the legendary founding of the empire, Tsuji and the writer Sasaki Nobutsuna (1872–1963) published the work on Prince Schōtoku (列 聖 珠 藻 聖 徳 餘光, Reishō kyūmo– Shōtoku yokō). The work was reprinted in 2008.

After the Pacific War , Tsuji took over a professorship at Risshō University . In 1952 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits and was awarded the Order of Culture in the same year .

Tsuji's works include the “Cultural History of Japan” (日本 文化史, Nihon bunka-shi), which appeared in 11 volumes from 1948 to 1953, and the “History of Buddhism in Japan” (日本 仏 教 史, Nihon bukkyō-shi), 10 volumes published from 1944 to 1953.

Remarks

1. ↑ 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.

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