Tadashi Ishimoda

Japanese: 石母田正 - いしもだしょう

A scholar of Japanese history. Born in Sapporo. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters of Tokyo Imperial University in 1937. Professor at Hosei University from 1948 to 1981. From around 1938, he collaborated with Watanabe Yoshimichi and others on the study of ancient and medieval Japanese history from the standpoint of historical materialism. His work The Formation of the Medieval World (1946), which he began writing during World War II, is set in a manor and dynamically depicts the process by which local lords and the people overcame ancient despotic rule. It had a great influence on researchers who wanted to understand the structure of the Middle Ages, and became the starting point of postwar history studies. His work The Ancient Japanese State (1971), which discusses the establishment of the ancient Japanese state in the context of international relations in East Asia, is said to be a milestone in Japanese history research. He was also actively involved in scientific movements such as the Democratic Scientists Association and the Society for Historical Studies, and advocated and led a national history movement to raise historical awareness among the people themselves. His Collected Works of Ishimoda Tadashi has been published in 16 volumes.

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Japanese:

日本史学者。札幌市に生まれる。1937年東京帝大文学部卒。1948年-1981年法政大学教授。1938年ごろから渡辺義通らと史的唯物論の立場で日本の古代・中世史を共同研究。第２次大戦中から書きはじめた《中世的世界の形成》（1946年）は，一荘園を舞台として，在地領主・民衆による古代専制支配の克服過程をダイナミックに描き出したもので，中世を構造的に理解しようとする研究者に大きな影響を与え，戦後歴史学の出発点となった。1971年刊行の《日本の古代国家》は，日本古代国家成立を東アジアの国際関係のなかで論じたもので，日本の歴史研究の一到達点ともいわれている。また民主主義科学者協会・歴史学研究会などの科学運動に積極的に取り組んだほか，国民自身が歴史意識を高めようという国民的歴史運動を提唱，指導した。《石母田正著作集》全16巻が刊行されている。

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