- Born: 1928/1/22
- Died: 2004/2/27
- Japanese: 網野善彦 (Amino Yoshihiko)
Amino Yoshihiko is a historian of medieval Japan, known for his arguments for broad-ranging reassessments of our understandings of, and approaches to, Japanese history.
Originally from Yamanashi prefecture, he graduated from Tokyo University in 1950, and later taught at Nagoya University and Kanagawa University.
Publications
- Higashi to nishi no kataru Nihon no rekishi 東と西の語る日本の歴史 ("Japanese History Speaking of East and West"). Tokyo: Soshiete, 1982.
- Nihon chûsei no hinôgyômin to tennô 日本中世の非農業民と天皇 ("Non-Agricultural Peoples of Medieval Japan and the Emperor"). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1984.
- Ikei no ôken 異型の王権 ("A Different Royal Prerogative"). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1986.
- Nihonron no shiza: rettô no shakai to kokka 日本の視座：列島の社会と国家 ("Perspectives on Japan Theory: Societies and States of the Archipelago"). Tokyo: Shôgakukan, 1990.
- Nihon no rekishi o yominaosu 日本の歴史を読み直す ("Reconsidering Japanese History"). Tokyo: Chikuma, 1991.
- (Gavan McCormack, trans.) "Deconstructing 'Japan'." East Asian History 3 (1992), 121-142.
- Umi to rettô no chûsei 海と列島の中世 ("The Middle Ages of Sea and Archipelago"). Tokyo: Nihon Editor School Shuppansha, 1992.
- (with Mori Kôichi). Uma, fune, jômin: tôzai kôryû no Nihon rettôshi 馬、船、常民：東西交流の日本列島史 ("Horses, Ships, Commoners: The History of the Japanese Archipelago and its East-West Communications"). Tokyo: Kawai Shuppan, 1992.
- (Alan Christy, trans.) Rethinking Japanese History, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 2012.
References
- Amino Yoshihiko. "Deconstructing 'Japan'." East Asian History 3 (1992), 121.
- "Amino Yoshihiko," Nihon jinmei daijiten 日本人名大辞典, Kodansha, 2009.