Torao Suzuki

A scholar of Chinese literature. Doctor of Literature. His pen name was Hyoken (poetry) and his other pen name was Yakubo (waka). He was born in Niigata Prefecture in 1878 and graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Tokyo Imperial University. He served as a professor at Tokyo Higher Normal School, then as an assistant professor at Kyoto Imperial University, and then as a professor. He was a member of the Academy of Japan, a Person of Cultural Merit, and was awarded the Order of Culture. He passed away in 1963 at the age of 84. His representative works include "History of Chinese Poetry" (A History of Chinese Poetry), a critical history that compiles poetry critiques from throughout history, and "Outline of Fu History" (A Study of Fu), a study of the history of fu, a form of Chinese poetry, both of which opened up new fields that had never been explored before. He was a fan of Du Fu and translated all of his poems. He also wrote many commentaries on his poetry and was famous as a Chinese poet, composing excellent Chinese poems himself. His works include "Hyoken Poetry Collection" and "Yakubo Taixiu Collection." As a scholar of Chinese literature, he devoted himself to the study of classical literature, breaking away from the tradition of comprehensive Sinology and making original contributions in establishing the specialized field of literature.

[Osamu Kanaya]

"Oriental Studies 52: Speaking of Predecessors - Dr. Torao Suzuki" (1976, Oriental Studies Association)

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中国文学者。文学博士。号は豹軒(ひょうけん)（詩）、別号葯房(やくぼう)（和歌）。明治11年新潟県に生まれ、東京帝国大学漢文学科を卒業。東京高等師範学校教授を経て京都帝国大学助教授、ついで教授を歴任。学士院会員、文化功労者となり、文化勲章を受ける。昭和38年、84歳で没した。代表的な著作『支那(しな)詩論史』は歴代の詩評を集めた評論史、『賦史(ふし)大要』は漢詩体の一つである賦の歴史の研究で、いずれも前人未踏の分野を開いた。杜甫(とほ)を好んでその詩の全訳を果たしたほか、多くの詩解を著し、自らも優れた漢詩をつくって漢詩人としても有名であった。『豹軒詩抄』『葯房退休集』がある。中国文学者として古典文学の研究に没頭し、総合的な漢学の伝統から脱皮して、文学としての専門領域をたてるうえで独創的な功績をあげた。

［金谷　治］

『『東方学52　先学を語る――鈴木虎雄博士』（1976・東方学会）』

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