#TSUTSUI Kiyotada (ed.) #Lectures on Showa History: Postwar Culture, Vol. 1 TSUTSUI Kiyotada Chikuma Shobo: 9784480074966

**"Read history with brightness and flexibility"**
Kiyotada Tsutsui is a Japanese sociologist. After serving as a professor at Kyoto University, he became a professor and dean of the Department of Japanese Culture, Faculty of Letters, Teikyo University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Tokyo Foundation. His specialties are modern Japanese history and historical sociology. He was born in Oita City, Oita Prefecture.
He specialized in historical sociology and received his Doctor of Letters degree from Kyoto University for his book on the structure of Japan during the Showa period. Subsequently, he served as a lecturer in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Chukyo University and as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Letters at Nara Women's University.
Kiyotada Tsutsui has authored numerous books, the most famous of which is "Yaso Saijo." This book was awarded the 14th Yamamoto Shichihei Special Prize, the 29th Japan Society of Children's Literature Special Award, and the 57th Yomiuri Literary Award (Criticism/Biography category).
**Q: What did he do?**
He worked to clarify the social background of modern history and to consider a kind of "cultural education" within history.
**Q: What is his famous work?**
"Yaso Saijo." This book deals with Yaso Saijo, an important figure in modern and contemporary Japanese history, and is praised for clarifying his social background and the historical context of his time.
English Summary
**"Read history brightly and flexibly"**
Kiyotada Tsutsui is a Japanese sociologist. After serving as a professor at Kyoto University, he became a professor and head of the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters, Teikyo University. Senior Researcher, Tokyo Foundation. Specializes in modern Japanese history and historical sociology. Born in Oita City, Oita Prefecture.
He majored in historical sociology and received a Doctor of Letters degree from Kyoto University for his book on the structure of Japan in the Showa period. After that, she served as a lecturer in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Chukyo University and as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Letters at Nara Women's University.
Kiyotada Tsutsui has written many books, the most famous of which is ``Saijo Yaso.'' This book won the 14th Yamamoto Shichihei Special Award, the 29th Japan Society of Children's Literature Special Award, and the 57th Yomiuri Literary Award (criticism/biography category).
**Q: What did you do? **
I did work that clarified the social background of modern history and thought about a kind of "educational education" in history.
**Q: What are your famous works? **
“Yaso Saijo.” This book deals with Saijo Yaso, an important figure in modern and contemporary Japanese history, and has been praised for clarifying his social background and historical circumstances.
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