Ichirō Inaba

Japanese historian (1936–2017)

Ichirō Inaba

Born| (1936-05-03)May 3, 1936

Osaka, Japan

Died| September 23, 2017(2017-09-23) (aged 81)

Ikoma, Nara, Japan

Academic background
Alma mater| Kyoto University
Academic work
Institutions|

* Ritsumeikan University (1967–1980)
* Kwansei Gakuin University (1980–2005)

Ichirō Inaba (稲葉 一郎, Inaba Ichirō; 3 May 1936 – 23 September 2017) was a Japanese historian of China and professor emeritus at Kwansei Gakuin University.

## Career

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Ichirō Inaba graduated from the Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters in 1966.[1] He studied under Ichisada Miyazaki, and his doctoral thesis was on official historians of the Six Dynasties.[2] Following graduation, he lectured at a university for a year and two months before landing an assistant job at Ritsumeikan University, where he taught Chinese Historical Thought and Pre-Modern Chinese History after 1977. In October 1978, he visited China with a group of historians and archaeologists.[3]

He was promoted to full professor in 1979, and a year later he joined the School of Humanities at Kwansei Gakuin University. He stayed there for over two decades before retiring in 2005.[1]

## Works

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Inaba's research focused on the historical and economic views of Chinese statesmen, historians and philosophers, including Sang Hongyang, Sima Guang, Mozi, Mencius, Xunzi, Han Fei, Yuan Jue, and Zhang Xuecheng.[4] He wrote a chapter for Chinese Medieval History Research (中国中世史研究, Kyoto University Press, 1970[5]) and contributed several entries to the western reference book A Sung Bibliography[6] (French: Bibliographie des Sung, The Chinese University Press, 1978).

His own books include Chinese Historical Thought: A Study of Jizhuanti (中国の歴史思想―紀伝体考, Sobunsha, 1999) and A Study of the History of Chinese Historiography (中国史学史の研究, Kyoto University Press, 2006), which collected his papers from several decades.[7]

He also authored a travel photography book titled Traveling in Jiangnan: Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai (江南旅情―蘇州・杭州・上海, U-Time, 2005), featuring photos from the Jiangnan region of China.[8]

## Death

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In 2017, Inaba died from acute subdural hematoma in Ikoma, Nara. He was 81.[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b "中国史学史の研究" [A Study of the History of Chinese Historiography]. Yokohama City Library (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
2. ^ Inaba, Ichirō (31 March 1996). "宮崎先生への追憶" [Recollections of Mr. Miyazaki] (PDF). Tôyôshi Kenkyû: The Journal of Oriental Researches (in Japanese). 54 (4): 9. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
3. ^ Tang Yijie; Zhang Yaonan; Fang Ming, eds. (2001). "海外汉学家集录 (A List of Foreign Sinologists)". 中国儒学文化大观 [An Overview of Chinese Confucian Culture] (in Chinese). Peking University Press. Retrieved 6 October 2020. `{{cite book}}`: `|website=` ignored (help)
4. ^ "検索結果 稲（稻）葉 一郎". Kwansei Gakuin University Repository (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
5. ^ Otagi, Hajime (1 November 1970). "<書評>中国中世史研究会編 中国中世史研究" [Book Review: Chinese Medieval History Research Committee's Chinese Medieval History Research] (PDF). The Shirin: Journal of History (in Japanese). 53 (6): 894–899. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
6. ^ Balazs, Etienne; Hervouet, Yves, eds. (1978). A Sung Bibliography. The Chinese University Press. p. 496\. ISBN 962-201-158-6.
7. ^ Huang Chun-chieh (17 November 2014). 儒家思想與中國歷史思維 [Confucian Thought and Chinese Historical Views] (in Chinese). National Taiwan University Press. p. 9\. ISBN 9789863500476. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
8. ^ "江南旅情 蘇州・杭州・上海". U-Time Publishing Co. (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
9. ^ "稲葉一郎氏死去／関西学院大名誉教授" [Ichirō Inaba (Professor Emeritus, Kwansei Gakuin University) Dies]. The Shikoku Shimbun (in Japanese). 27 September 2017.

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States
* Japan
* Korea

Other|

* IdRef