Background
Najita, Tetsuo was born on March 30, 1936 in Honokaa, Hawaii, United States. Son of Niichi and Kikuno (Manpuku) Najita.
( Historians have long been aware of the richness and com...)
Historians have long been aware of the richness and complexity of the intellectual history of modern Japanese politics. Najita's study, however, is the first in a Western language to present a consistent and broad synthesis of this subject. Najita elucidates the political dynamics of the past two hundred years of Japanese history by focusing on the interplay of restorationism and bureaucratism within the context of Japan's modern revolution, the Meiji Restoration.
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(Hara Kei was without question the most astute politician ...)
Hara Kei was without question the most astute politician in the party movement in Japan before the Pacific War. Mr. Najita examines the career of this brilliant political realist as he directed the growth of his party, the Seiyukai, between 1905 and 1915. On the basis of Hara's career and especially his adroit maneuvers during the Taisho Political Crisis of 1912, Mr. Najita reassesses the meaning of political compromise made during this important decade.
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Najita, Tetsuo was born on March 30, 1936 in Honokaa, Hawaii, United States. Son of Niichi and Kikuno (Manpuku) Najita.
Bachelor, Grinnell College, 1958. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1965.
Doctor of Laws, Grinnell College, 1989.
Assistant professor Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1964-1966, Washington University, St. Louis, 1966-1968. Associate professor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1968-1969. Robert S. Ingersoll distinguished professor history/Japanese studies University Chicago, 1969—2002, professor emeritus, since 2002, director Center for East Asian Studies, 1974-1980, associate dean, 1983-1987, master collegiate division social science, 1983-1987.
John A. Burns distinguished visiting chair University Hawaii, Manoa, 1994. Chair department history University Chicago, 1994-1997. Ena H. Thompson lecturer Pomona College, 1996.
Catherine Gould Chism visiting professor University Puget Sound, Tacoma. Maruyame Masao lecturer University California, Berkeley, 2000. Board directors Pacific Basin Institute, 2004.
( Historians have long been aware of the richness and com...)
(Hara Kei was without question the most astute politician ...)
(""This is one of the most important books ever published ...)
(Book by Najita, Tetsuo)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American History Association, Association for Asian Studies (vice president, president 1991-1993), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elinor Moon, August 2, 1958. Children: Mie Kim, Kiyoshi Young.