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*''Born: [[1883]]/1/9''
*''Died: 1977/11/1''
*''Japanese'': 比嘉春潮 ''(Higa Shunchou)''
Higa Shunchô was one of the most prominent Okinawan historians of the 20th century.
Born in [[Nishibaru]], [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], he graduated from Okinawa Normal University<!--沖縄師範学校--> with a teaching certificate, and worked for a time as an elementary school principal. After retiring from teaching, he joined the Okinawa Mainichi Shinbun as a reporter, and became involved with the socialist movement.
In 1923, Higa moved to [[Tokyo]], where he studied under [[Yanagita Kunio]] and [[Iha Fuyu]], becoming a researcher focusing on Okinawan history and culture. His research covered a wide range of topics, including Okinawan history, folklore, language, arts, social movements, literature, and economics. Higa was a contributor in the compilation of the ''Okinawa-go jiten'' ("Dictionary of the [[Okinawan language]]"), and produced a survey of the University of Hawaii's Sakamaki-Hawley Collection.
Following World War II, he helped found the Okinawans' Association (''Okinawajin renmei'') and Okinawa Cultural Association (''Okinawa bunka kyôkai'').
The Okinawa Prefectural Library maintains a collection of his notes, manuscripts, diaries, and other personal documents, roughly 5,900 items in total, as the "Higa Shunchô Collection" (''Higa Shunchô bunko''). These were a gift to the library from his wife, Higa Eiko, in 1983. Some of the most significant of these documents are also included in the five-volume "Collected Works of Higa Shunchô" (''Higa Shunchô zenshû'') published by the Okinawa Times in 1971.
==Publications==
*''Okinawa-go jiten'' (Dictionary of Okinawan Language), 1963.
*''Ryûkyû geinô zenshû'' (Ryukyuan Performing Arts), 1956.
*''Okinawa no rekishi'' (History of Okinawa), 1965.
*''Sanson kaison minzoku no kenkyû'' (Research on Folk Customs of Mountain Villages and Ocean Villages), 1984.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AF%94%E5%98%89%E6%98%A5%E6%BD%AE Higa Shunchô]." ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'' 日本人名大辞典, Kodansha, 2009.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42736-storytopic-121.html Higa Shunchô]." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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==External Links==
*[http://archive.library.pref.okinawa.jp/?page_id=73 Higa Shunchô Collection at Okinawa Prefectural Library] (Japanese)
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Died: 1977/11/1''
*''Japanese'': 比嘉春潮 ''(Higa Shunchou)''
Higa Shunchô was one of the most prominent Okinawan historians of the 20th century.
Born in [[Nishibaru]], [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], he graduated from Okinawa Normal University<!--沖縄師範学校--> with a teaching certificate, and worked for a time as an elementary school principal. After retiring from teaching, he joined the Okinawa Mainichi Shinbun as a reporter, and became involved with the socialist movement.
In 1923, Higa moved to [[Tokyo]], where he studied under [[Yanagita Kunio]] and [[Iha Fuyu]], becoming a researcher focusing on Okinawan history and culture. His research covered a wide range of topics, including Okinawan history, folklore, language, arts, social movements, literature, and economics. Higa was a contributor in the compilation of the ''Okinawa-go jiten'' ("Dictionary of the [[Okinawan language]]"), and produced a survey of the University of Hawaii's Sakamaki-Hawley Collection.
Following World War II, he helped found the Okinawans' Association (''Okinawajin renmei'') and Okinawa Cultural Association (''Okinawa bunka kyôkai'').
The Okinawa Prefectural Library maintains a collection of his notes, manuscripts, diaries, and other personal documents, roughly 5,900 items in total, as the "Higa Shunchô Collection" (''Higa Shunchô bunko''). These were a gift to the library from his wife, Higa Eiko, in 1983. Some of the most significant of these documents are also included in the five-volume "Collected Works of Higa Shunchô" (''Higa Shunchô zenshû'') published by the Okinawa Times in 1971.
==Publications==
*''Okinawa-go jiten'' (Dictionary of Okinawan Language), 1963.
*''Ryûkyû geinô zenshû'' (Ryukyuan Performing Arts), 1956.
*''Okinawa no rekishi'' (History of Okinawa), 1965.
*''Sanson kaison minzoku no kenkyû'' (Research on Folk Customs of Mountain Villages and Ocean Villages), 1984.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AF%94%E5%98%89%E6%98%A5%E6%BD%AE Higa Shunchô]." ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'' 日本人名大辞典, Kodansha, 2009.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42736-storytopic-121.html Higa Shunchô]." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
<references/>
==External Links==
*[http://archive.library.pref.okinawa.jp/?page_id=73 Higa Shunchô Collection at Okinawa Prefectural Library] (Japanese)
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
