Historian Takashi Ito dies at age 91, contributing to research on modern Japanese history
Takashi Ito, a historian and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, who contributed to research on modern Japanese history by collecting materials such as politicians’ diaries and letters, passed away on August 19th.
He was 91 years old
伊藤さんは東京出身で、東京大学大学院を修了したあと、東京大学文学部や政策研究大学院大学の教授などを歴任しました
Mr. Ito is from Tokyo, and after completing graduate school at the University of Tokyo, he held successive positions as a professor at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
We have excavated a large number of materials such as diaries and letters of politicians and important people, and compiled many historical materials such as the diary of Nobuaki Makino, a close aide of Emperor Showa, and the diary of Jinzaburo Masaki, a military general of the Imperial Way faction. I worked hard to publish
In addition, we have used a research method called ``oral history,’’ in which we directly interview politicians and uncover historical facts that have not been recorded, to write memoirs by former Prime Minister Shinsuke Kishi and former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita. I worked on it
He was also active as a conservative commentator and aroused controversy by arguing that it was inappropriate to call Japan’s pre-war political system ``fascism.’’ In his later years, he also founded the ``Society for Creating a New History Textbook.’’ I was involved
According to sources, Ito passed away on August 19th.
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