Kiyoshi Inoue
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{{nihongo|Kiyoshi Inoue|井上 清|Inoue Kiyoshi|December 19, 1913 - November 23, 2001}} was a Japanese academic, historian, author and professor emeritus of the Kyoto University. He was considered a specialist in modern Japanese history.OCLC, [http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n79-145003.html Library of Congress Authority file, Inoue Kiyoshi] He was also known as a "progressive historian"Gordon, Andrew. (1993). {{Google books|4botSGbxZBIC|Postwar Japan as History, p. 67 n.21.|page=67}} and a "Marxist historian."Conrad, Sebastian. (2010). {{Google books|EqfcADzGVVMC|The Quest for the Lost Nation: Writing History in Germany and Japan in the American Century p. 63.|page=63}}
Early life
Inoue was born in Kochi Prefecture.{{cite news|title=Obituary: Kiyoshi Inoue|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20011125b3.html|newspaper=The Japan Times}} He studied at the University of Tokyo; and his doctoral thesis was "The History of Modern Reform."Iwanami shoten, [http://www.iwanami.co.jp/moreinfo/600111+/top4.html Inoue bio notes] He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1936.
Career
In 1954, Inoue joined the faculty of the University of Kyoto as an associate professor at the Institute of Humanities. In 1961, he was named a professor. He continued as a member of the Kyoto faculty until his retirement in 1977.
In his early career, Inoue established himself as a Marxist historian, publishing works on such subjects as the Japanese imperial system and buraku.
In his later years, Inoue worked to expand the number of academic exchanges between Japan and China,Xinhua, [https://web.archive.org/web/20030920180417/http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2003-09/12/content_1076909.htm 日本已故历史学家、社会活动家井上清] and led a movement seeking solidarity with Asian nations. He also published works on the subject of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute that sided with the Chinese claim.
Inoue received an honorary degree from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1997.
Inoue's views
Inoue authored a book (天皇の戦争責任) criticizing the imperial system; and he continued to be critical of the Japanese emperor throughout his life. In a range of topics, his work was often viewed as controversialLaFeber, Walter. (1999). {{Google books|-vTLF9KIzYoC&dq|The Clash: U.S.-Japanese Relations throughout History, p. 418 n.21.|page=418}} due to his active protests and lawsuits against the Japanese government.deBaets, Antoon. (2002) {{Google books|4DlMSrtOGLIC|Censorship of Historical Thought: a World Guide, 1945–2000, p. 314.|page=314}} During the Japanese students riots in 1969, Professor Inoue openly supported the students who were demanding the scrapping of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty.
Inoue was also very critical of "Japanese militarism" in the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute with China,{{cite journal|title=Japanese Militarism & Diaoyutai (Senkaku) Island|url=http://www.skycitygallery.com/japan/diaohist.html}} and had written a number of books on the subject.
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Kiyoshi Inoue, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 100+ works in 200+ publications in 6 languages and 1,000+ library holdings.[http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230150412/http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm |date=2010-12-30 }}: [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-145003 井上清 1913–2001]
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- 日本女性史 (1948)
- 明治維新 (1951)
- 天皇制 (1953)
- 新版日本の軍国主義 (1953)
- 条約改正: 明治の民族問題 (1955)
- 日本近代史 (1956)
- 日本の歴史 (1963)
- 日本帝国主義の形成 (1968)
- 天皇の戦争責任 (1975)
- [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/044016263 釣魚列島的歷史和主權問題] Diaoyu Dao - Li Shi Yu Zhu Quan (1972) Hu Feiyue. {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130119005501/http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/Japan's_action_off_Diaoyu_raises_concern/fullstory_51380.html Opinion/Op-ed: "Japan's action off Diaoyu raises concern,"]}} China Daily (Beijing). September 10, 2010.
- Senkaku Letto/Diaoyu Islands - The Historical Treaties (1972) Daisan Publisher (出版社: 第三書館) (1996/10) [https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4807496123 「尖閣」列島―釣魚諸島の史的解明 [単行本]]. {{ISBN|978-4-8074-9612-9}}; also hosted in [http://www.mahoroba.ne.jp/~tatsumi/dinoue0.html here] for online reading (set to Shift-JIS character code), with [http://www.skycitygallery.com/japan/diaohist.html English synopsis here]. Chinese translation by Ying Hui, Published by Commercial Press Hong Kong (1973) [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1723970?lookfor=author:%22%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%8A%E6%B8%85,%201913-%22&offset=3&max=18 釣魚列島的歷史和主權問題 / 井上清著 ; 英慧譯], {{ISBN|962-257-473-4}}.
;Journals
- [http://www.skycitygallery.com/japan/diaohist.html Japanese Militarism & Diaoyutai (Senkaku) Island - A Japanese Historian's View]. Historical Research, February 1972.
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External links
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, [http://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xwfw/s2510/2511/t752673.htm official spokesman recommending Inoue's 1972 book, Historical Facts of Senkaku Islands/Diaoyu Islands]
- GlobalSecurity.org, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/senkaku-links.htm Senkaku Islands: References, Links], citing Inoue
- [http://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/resources/links/?cat=all International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU), Boundary related links], citing Inoue
- Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE), [https://web.archive.org/web/20101118014205/http://www1.american.edu/TED/ice/DIAOYU.HTM Diaoyu Islands Dispute], citing Inoue
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Category:20th-century Japanese historians
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