Yoshie Okazaki

A scholar of Japanese literature. Born in Kochi City. Graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at Tokyo Imperial University. Became an assistant professor at Tohoku Imperial University in 1923 (Taisho 12) and a professor there in 1927 (Showa 2). He retired in 1955 and served as a professor at Kyoritsu Women's University from that year until 1959. In 1965 he became a member of the Japan Academy. He rejected the general knowledge of Japanese literature that had existed since Kokugaku, and pursued a method of stylistic research into Japanese literature, proposing Japanese literary studies and devoting himself to systematizing it. His many writings, including "Japanese Literary Studies" (1935), are collected in 10 volumes of "Okazaki Yoshie Collected Works" (1959-62), 7 volumes of "Selected Works of Okazaki Yoshie" (1968-71), and 5 volumes of "Selected Works of Okazaki Yoshie" (1973-74).

[Ken Akiyama]

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国文学者。高知市生まれ。東京帝国大学国文科卒業。1923年（大正12）東北帝国大学助教授、27年（昭和2）同教授。55年退職、同年から59年まで共立女子大学教授。65年日本学士院会員となる。国学以来の国文学の雑学性を排し、日本文芸の様式論的研究の方法を追究して日本文芸学を提唱、その体系化に専念した。『日本文芸学』（1935）をはじめとする多数の著述が『岡崎義恵著作集』全10冊（1959～62）、『岡崎義恵著作選』全7冊（1968～71）、『岡崎義恵著作選集』全5冊（1973～74）に総収されている。

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