Yoshinobu Shiba

Yoshinobu Shiba (斯波義信, Shiba Yoshinobu) (born 20 October 1930) is a retired Japanese historian of China and professor emeritus of Osaka University, who specializes in Song dynasty history. A member of the Japan Academy, he has received the Order of Culture, Order of the Sacred Treasure, and Person of Cultural Merit in Japan, and the Tang Prize in Taiwan. Several of his specialist works have been translated into English, including the landmark study Commerce and Society in Sung China (1968, abridged English translation published in 2 volumes in 1970), which remains one of the most respected works on Chinese economic history.

Works
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References
  • "Japanese historian wins Tang sinology prize". The Mainichi. 20 June 2018.


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