Oorui Nobuyuki - Oorui Nobuyuki

Historian, Doctor of Literature, Professor Emeritus of Tohoku Imperial University, and Member of the Academy of Japanese Studies. Born in Tokyo. Graduated from the Department of History of Tokyo Imperial University. After serving as a lecturer and assistant professor at the same university, he became a professor at Tohoku Imperial University in 1924 (Taisho 13). During that time, he studied in France, Germany, and Italy (1920-22) to study Western medieval history. After retiring from Tohoku Imperial University in 1944, he served as a professor at Japan Women's University and Meiji University. He advocated a cultural historical perspective based on the theories of J. Burckhardt and K. Lamprecht, and had a great influence on my historical research in the early Showa period. "Studies on Castles" and "History of Japanese Castles" (co-authored) were the first systematic academic studies of the history of Japanese castles, while "Culture of the Western Middle Ages" and "Studies on the Renaissance" were groundbreaking works in their respective fields of research. Furthermore, "New Lectures on Western History" and "View of Western Cultural History" are general histories that show his cultural historical perspective, and his historical theory and methodology are described in "Modern History" and "Introduction to History". Furthermore, essay collections such as "History, Nature and People" and "Spring in Momoyama" display the doctor's aesthetic sense and historical perspective.

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歴史学者、文学博士、東北帝国大学名誉教授、学士院会員。東京に生まれる。東京帝国大学史学科卒業。同大学講師、助教授を経て、1924年（大正13）東北帝国大学教授。その間に西洋中世史研究のためフランス、ドイツ、イタリアに留学（1920～22）する。東北帝大退官（1944）後、日本女子大学、明治大学教授を歴任。J・ブルクハルトやK・ランプレヒトの学説摂取に基づく文化史観を掲げ、昭和初期のわが史学研究に多大な影響を与えた。『城郭の研究』、『日本城郭史』（共著）は日本城郭史の最初の体系的な学的研究であり、『西洋中世の文化』『ルネサンスの研究』はおのおのの研究分野における画期的著作であった。さらに『西洋史新講』『西洋文化史観』はその文化史観を示す通史であり、歴史理論と方法論は『現代史学』『概論歴史学』などに述べられている。また『歴史と自然と人』『桃山の春』などの随筆集は博士の美意識や歴史観を示すものである。

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