Madoka Kanai Explained

was a Japanese historian at the University of Tokyo who specialized in modern Japanese history, with a special interest in the history of Japanese foreign relations. He was formerly Director of the Japan-Netherlands Institute^[1] and President of the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo.^[2]

Kanai was born in Nagano Prefecture and educated at the University of Tokyo.^[3]

Selected bibliography

In Japanese

• Hansei (Japanese: 藩政; "Domain Administration", 1962)^[4]
• O-yatoi Gaikokujin: Jinbun Kagaku (Japanese: お雇い外国人 人文科学; "Hired Foreigners: Humanities", 1976), part of a series^[5]
• Nichi-ran kōshōshi no Kenkyū (Japanese: 日蘭交渉史の研究; "A Study on the History of Japan-Holland Relationship", 1986)^[6]
• Kinsei Nihon to Oranda (Japanese: 近世日本とオランダ; "Early Modern Japan and Holland", 1993)^[7]

In English:

• A Japanese Historian Visits the U.S.A. (1960)^[8]
• A Diary of William Cleveland: Captain's Clerk on Board the Massachusetts (1965), transcribed and annotated by Madoka Kanai^[9]
• A Topical History of Japan (1966, with Hideharu Nitta and Joseph K. Yamagiwa)^[10]
• The Cambridge History of Japan (1988–1999, general editor with John Whitney Hall, Marius B. Jansen, and Denis Twitchett)

Kanai also translated several books into Japanese, such as Matthew C. Perry's The Japan Expedition, 1852–1854^[11] and Otis Manchester Poole's Death of Old Yokohoma.^[12]

Notes and References

1. National Prestige and Economic Interest: Dutch Diplomacy Toward Japan 1850–1863. Universiteit Leiden. Minori. Kogure. 2008. Doctor. 4 June 2024.
2. Book: Sansom, George. A History of Japan, 1615–1867. George Sansom. Stanford University Press. 1963. 4 June 2024.
3. Web site: 金井　圓. ja. Madoka Kanai. Yoshikawa Kōbunkan. 4 June 2024.
4. Web site: 藩政 / Hansei. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.
5. Web site: お雇い外国人. 人文科学 / Oyatoi gaikokujin. Jinbun kagaku. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.
6. Web site: 日蘭交涉史の研究 / Nichi-Ran kōshōshi no kenkyū. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.
7. Web site: 近世日本とオランダ / Kinsei Nihon to Oranda. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.
8. Web site: A Japanese historian visits the U.S.A.. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.
9. Web site: A diary of William Cleveland, captain's clerk on board the Massachusetts. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.
10. Web site: A topical history of Japan. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.
11. Web site: ペリ一日本遠征日記 / Perī Nihon ensei nikki. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.
12. Web site: 古き横浜の壊滅 : アメリカ人の震災体験 / Furuki Yokohama no kaimetsu : Amerikajin no shinsai taiken. WorldCat. 4 June 2024.