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Ishimoda Shō
Japanese historian · Japan · On the map · Writers · Lived 1912 to 1986 · aged 74
Ishimoda Shō , born in Sapporo, was a Japanese historian specializing in ancient Japanese history, with a particular interest in the nature of the structural transition from the ancient to the medieval period.
Ishimoda Shō is read about 25 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
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About this person
As an orthodox materialist, he was a lifetime member of the Communist Party, and influential Marxist scholar in the analyses on Japanese history conducted by members of the post-war Rekiken group. In the 1950s, after the success of the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949, he espoused that model as the Asian alternative to Westernization, which had failed in Japan.
