KÅsaku Hamada
Hamada Kosaku (Japanese滨 田 耕作; born February 22, 1881 in Kishiwada, † July 25, 1938 in Kyoto ), also Seiryo Hamada (浜 田 青 陵), was one of the first modern Japanese archaeologists. His chief merit lay in the systematization of the fledgling archaeological research in Japan.
Biography
Hamada Kosaku came as the son of Hamada Gonjuro in Osaka to the world. He attended the third high school (第三 高等学校, Dai- san Kōtō Gakko ) in Kyoto for several years.
At the Imperial University of Tokyo, he majored in European history. His thesis in 1905 dealt with the influence of Greek culture to the East. After further studies, also for archeology, he accepted a position as a history teacher at Waseda High School.
He began contributions to the art journal Kokka (国 华) to write, published over many years, his more important articles.
His appointment as Lecturer ( koshi ) to the newly created Institute of Archaeology of the Imperial University of Kyoto was 1909.
In 1911 he traveled to inspect found Buddhist manuscripts to Beijing by some in the Dunhuang Grottoes (Chinese敦煌). On a subsequent trip through northern China, he was greatly impressed by Chinese Buddhist sculpture. On the way back he took near Port Arthur on an excavation of Han Dynasty Tombs at first archaeological field research in part. The fascination with this occupation on him the rest of his life did not let him go. However, he was still very interested in art history.
Immediately after his appointment as assistant professor in 1913, he was sent to study for three years to Europe. He used this time in which he is in the UK (studies with WMF Petrie ), Italy and Greece was staying in order to familiarize themselves with the state and the methods of European archeology.
After his return he became a full professor in 1917, the same year he earned the academic degree of bungaku - Hakushi. He then built his Institute of the leading institution of his profession in Japan. Particularly influential was his Tsuron Kokogaku 1922.
During the visit of the Swedish crown prince in Korea in 1925, he led, organized in its honor excavations. A second European tour took him 1927 also first in the Scandinavian countries, but also to the Niaux cave in France and Spain.
In October 1930 he took over for two years, the Office of the Dean of the literary faculty of his university. In 1931 he was elected to the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Together with Mizuno Seiichi he devoted himself to 1935, the initial characterization of the Hongshan culture.
In July 1937 he was appointed President of the University, with the difficult task to solve the financial problems occurred.
He died on 25 July 1938 in Kyoto, where he had lived in Sakyō -ku.
Swell
- Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan Vol III
- Berend Wispelwey (ed.): Japanese Biographical Archive. Fiche 152, K.G. Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-34014-1
- Obituary: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol III, S 407-29 (contains bibliography of 249 titles)
Literature and art
- " Collected Works "; Japanese: 14 volumes
- Orient archaeologist
- University teachers (University of Tokyo)
- Japanese
- Born in 1881
- Died in 1938
- Man