Kōsaku Hamada


Kōsaku Hamada, also known as Seiryō Hamada, was a Japanese academic, archaeologist, author and President of Kyoto University.

Early life

Hamada was born in Osaka. He was educated at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University; and he studied in England.

Career

In 1917, Hamada was the first archaeology professor at the Kyoto University; and he is credited with the introduction of modern research methods in Japan. His fieldwork included archaeological digs in Japan, Korea and China.
At the pinnacle of his academic career, Hamada was installed as university president in 1937.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Kōsaku Hamada, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 100+ works in 200+ publications in 3 languages and 1,000+ library holdings.
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