Tsuda Incident

Japanese: 津田事件 - つだじけん

On February 10, 1940 (Showa 15), historian Tsuda Sokichi's four books on Japanese mythology and ancient history - "Studies on the History of the Age of the Gods" (February 1924), "Studies on the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki" (September 1924), "Studies on the History of Ancient Japan" (April 1930), and "Society and Thought of Ancient Japan" (September 1932) - were banned. On March 8, Tsuda and the publisher Iwanami Shigeo were indicted on suspicion of violating Article 26 of the Publication Law (blasphemy against the dignity of the Imperial Family), and were found guilty on May 21, 1942.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1940年(昭和15)2月10日，歴史学者津田左右吉の日本神話および上代史に関する4著書，〈《神代史の研究》〉(1924年2月)，〈《古事記及日本書紀の研究》〉(1924年9月)，〈《日本上代史研究》〉(1930年4月)，〈《上代日本の社会及び思想》〉(1932年9月)が発禁処分となり，3月8日津田と発行者岩波茂雄が出版法第26条(皇室ノ尊厳冒瀆)の疑いで起訴され，42年5月21日有罪判決を受けた事件。

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