Susumu Nakanishi

Susumu Nakanishi
2009
Born(1929-08-21)August 21, 1929
 Japan Tokyo
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
OccupationResearcher of Japanese literature

Susumu Nakanishi (中西進, Nakanishi Susumu, born 21 August 1929 in Tokyo[1][2][3]) is a scholar of Japanese literature, particularly of the Man'yōshū. He earned his Doctor of Literature degree from the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) in 1962.

He is widely believed to have conceived the name of the current era of the official calendar of Japan, Reiwa (令和, 2019-). However, it is a custom not to reveal the conceiver of the name of an era, and he has said, 'Era names are not for secular individuals like Susumu Nakanishi to decide, but are determined by divine inspiration. There is no such person as the inventor of the name "Reiwa"'.[4]

  1. ^ Yoshikawa, Shūhei (March 2005). "Nakanishi-sensei ni kiku: Man'yō, soshite Nihon Dentō Bunka" (PDF). Newsletter of the Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music (Nihon Dentō Ongaku Kenkyū Sentā) (6). Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music, Kyoto City University of Arts: 5. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ^ Hashimoto, Tatsuo (31 July 2008). "Man'yōshū maki-ichi, maki-ni no seiritsu nitsuite" (PDF). Nara Joshi Daigaku 21-Seiki COE Program Hōkoku-shū. 20 (1). Wakate Kenkyū Shien Program, Nara Women's University: 15. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  3. ^ Faculty of Letters (18 September 2004). "Jinbun Gakkai Kōenkai". Kokushikan University. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ^ "新元号「天が決める」＝考案者？の中西進氏：時事ドットコム". 2019-04-02. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2024-04-21.