Susumu Nakanishi
2009
Born(1929-08-21)August 21, 1929
 Japan Tokyo
OccupationResearcher of Japanese literature

Susumu Nakanishi (中西進, Nakanishi Susumu, born 21 August 1929 in Tokyo[1][2][3]) is a scholar of Japanese literature, particularly of the Man'yōshū.

Overview

Shun-ichi Iwasaki, Ken Takakura, Seikaku Takagi, Nakanishi and Tasuku Honjo received the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito on November 3, 2013. After that they posed for photo with Shinzō Abe at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace.

He is the honorary president of the Nara Prefecture Complex of Manyo Culture,[4] president of the Koshinokuni Museum of Literature,[5][6] and has been a guest lecturer at Princeton University.[3]

In 1970 he was awarded the Japan Academy Prize for his research in comparative literature and the Man'yōshū,[3][7] and in 2013 he received the Order of Culture.[4][6] He has been called "probably the greatest living scholar of the Man'yōshū in Japan".[8]

References

  1. ^ Yoshikawa, Shūhei (March 2005). "Nakanishi-sensei ni kiku: Man'yō, soshite Nihon Dentō Bunka" (PDF). Newsletter of the Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music (Nihon Dentō Ongaku Kenkyū Sentā). Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music, Kyoto City University of Arts (6): 5. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ^ Hashimoto, Tatsuo (31 July 2008). "Man'yōshū maki-ichi, maki-ni no seiritsu nitsuite" (PDF). Nara Joshi Daigaku 21-Seiki COE Program Hōkoku-shū. Wakate Kenkyū Shien Program, Nara Women's University. 20 (1): 15. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Faculty of Letters (18 September 2004). "Jinbun Gakkai Kōenkai". Kokushikan University. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Shuku! Nakanishi Susumu Meiyo Kanchō ga Bunka-kunshō o Jushō". Complex of Manyo Culture official website. Nara Prefecture Complex of Manyo Culture. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. ^ Nakanishi, Susumu. "Kanchō Aisatsu". Koshinokuni Museum of Literature official website. Koshinokuni Museum of Literature. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b Ōmori, Haruyuki (26 October 2013). "Bunka-kunshō: Kōshinokuni Bungaku Kanchō Nakanishi Susumu-san: "Jūrai-ijō ni shōjin shitai"". Mainichi Shimbun. Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbun-sha. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. ^ "List of recipients of the prize from 1961 to 1970". Website of the Japan Academy. The Japan Academy. 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  8. ^ Levy, Hideo (February 11, 2010). The World in Japanese (Speech). Stanford University. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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