Sōkichi Tsuda
Japanese historian (1873-1961) · Japan · On the map · Writers · Died at 88
Sōkichi Tsuda was a Japanese historian and intellectual historian. He served as a professor in the Faculty of Letters at Waseda University. He is known for applying rigorous source criticism to ancient Japanese history, particularly to the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
Sōkichi Tsuda is read about 86 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around Sōkichi
Close ties
Also in Deutsch
Media & music
Awards
About this person
He has been regarded as a leading figure in Japan's modern empirical historiography. In 1947 he was elected a member of the Imperial Academy, and in 1949 he received the Order of Culture. He was also awarded the court rank of Junior Third Rank and the decoration First Class Order of the Sacred Treasure.
