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{{Short description|Japanese historian and writer (1933–2015)}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Noboru Karashima'''|辛島 昇|Karashima Noboru|24 April 1933 – 26 November 2015}}<ref name="Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-scholar-who-inspired-a-generation/article7920303.ece | title=Tamil scholar who inspired a generation | publisher=[[The Hindu]] | date=27 November 2015 | access-date=27 November 2015}}</ref> was a Japanese historian, writer and [[Professor Emeritus]] in [[University of Tokyo]], Japan. He also served as Professor Emeritus at the [[Taisho University]], Japan. He was a prominent scholar of Asia in the studies of south Indian and South Asian histories. He has rewritten historical accounts on medieval south India and published a number of writings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/fu-a/en/culture_prizes/detail/30.html |title=KARASHIMA Noboru – Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes – Archive Library – Fu:a SENSE ASIA IN FUKUOKA |publisher=City.fukuoka.lg.jp |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208045632/http://www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/fu-a/en/culture_prizes/detail/30.html |archive-date=2015-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{Nihongo|'''Noboru Karashima'''|辛島 昇|Karashima Noboru|24 April 1933 – 26 November 2015}}<ref name="Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-scholar-who-inspired-a-generation/article7920303.ece | title=Tamil scholar who inspired a generation | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=27 November 2015 | access-date=27 November 2015}}</ref> was a Japanese historian, writer and [[Professor Emeritus]] in [[University of Tokyo]], Japan. He also served as Professor Emeritus at the [[Taisho University]], Japan. He was a prominent scholar of Asia in the studies of south Indian and South Asian histories. He has rewritten historical accounts on medieval south India and published a number of writings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/fu-a/en/culture_prizes/detail/30.html |title=KARASHIMA Noboru – Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes – Archive Library – Fu:a SENSE ASIA IN FUKUOKA |publisher=City.fukuoka.lg.jp |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208045632/http://www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/fu-a/en/culture_prizes/detail/30.html |archive-date=2015-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Professor Karashima played a critical role in developing Indo-Japan cultural ties and was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] award in 2013, one of India's highest civilian award, for his contribution in the field of literature and education.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref> In a rare gesture the Indian Prime Minister Dr. [[Manmohan Singh]] handed over the award personally to Professor Karashima in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/manmohan-presents-padma-shri-to-japanese-tamil-scholar/article4759597.ece |title=Manmohan presents Padma Shri to Japanese Tamil scholar. |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=2013-08-07}}</ref> He died of leukemia in November, 2015.
Professor Karashima played a critical role in developing Indo-Japan cultural ties and was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] award in 2013, one of India's highest civilian award, for his contribution in the field of literature and education.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref> In a rare gesture the Indian Prime Minister Dr. [[Manmohan Singh]] handed over the award personally to Professor Karashima in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/manmohan-presents-padma-shri-to-japanese-tamil-scholar/article4759597.ece |title=Manmohan presents Padma Shri to Japanese Tamil scholar. |work=The Hindu |access-date=2013-08-07}}</ref> He died of leukemia in November, 2015.


==Position held==
==Position held==
*President of the Epigraphical Society of India in 1985.
*President of the Epigraphical Society of India in 1985.
*President of the Japan Association for South Asian Studies from 1996 to 2000.
*President of the Japan Association for South Asian Studies from 1996 to 2000.
*He was the President of International Association of Tamil Research (IATR) from 1989 to 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Noboru Karashima |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/iatr-and-the-world-classical-tamil-conference/article528744.ece |title=Opinion / Op-Ed : IATR and the World Classical Tamil Conference |publisher=The Hindu |date=2010-07-23 |access-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> He organised 8th [[World Tamil Conference]] in 1995 at [[Thanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI Sep 25, 2009, 03.23pm IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-25/india/28105633_1_tamil-research-aiadmk-chief-jayalalithaa-locus-standi |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216072018/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-25/india/28105633_1_tamil-research-aiadmk-chief-jayalalithaa-locus-standi |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-16 |title=DMK govt has no locus standi to host global Tamil meet: Jayalalitha |date=2009-09-25 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> He and IATR boycotted 9th World Tamil Conference in 2009 due to the political interference. He resigned from the post of president in 2010 because of the same reason.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/Requiem-for-the-IATR-and-my-resignation-as-its-President/article16129298.ece |title=Opinion / News Analysis : Requiem for the IATR and my resignation as its President |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=2018-05-05}}</ref>
*He was the President of International Association of Tamil Research (IATR) from 1989 to 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Noboru Karashima |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/iatr-and-the-world-classical-tamil-conference/article528744.ece |title=Opinion / Op-Ed : IATR and the World Classical Tamil Conference |work=The Hindu |date=2010-07-23 |access-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> He organised 8th [[World Tamil Conference]] in 1995 at [[Thanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-25/india/28105633_1_tamil-research-aiadmk-chief-jayalalithaa-locus-standi |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216072018/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-25/india/28105633_1_tamil-research-aiadmk-chief-jayalalithaa-locus-standi |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-16 |title=DMK govt has no locus standi to host global Tamil meet: Jayalalitha |date=2009-09-25 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> He and IATR boycotted 9th World Tamil Conference in 2009 due to the political interference. He resigned from the post of president in 2010 because of the same reason.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/Requiem-for-the-IATR-and-my-resignation-as-its-President/article16129298.ece |title=Opinion / News Analysis : Requiem for the IATR and my resignation as its President |work=The Hindu |access-date=2018-05-05}}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
*''South Indian History and Society - Studies from Inscriptions AD 850-1800'', Oxford University Press, Delhi (1984)
*''South Indian History and Society - Studies from Inscriptions AD 850-1800'', Oxford University Press, Delhi (1984)
*''Kingship in Indian History''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Kingship_in_Indian_history.html?id=oyiKAAAAMAAJ | title=Kingship in Indian history – Google Books | publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors | access-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | author-link=Noboru Karashima | year=1999 | page=271 | isbn=9788173045448}}</ref>  
*''Kingship in Indian History''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyiKAAAAMAAJ | title=Kingship in Indian history – Google Books | publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors | access-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | author-link=Noboru Karashima | year=1999 | page=271 | isbn=9788173045448}}</ref>  
*''Towards a New Formation: South Indian Society under Vijayanagar Rule''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=ARe1AAAAIAAJ | title=Towards a new formation: South Indian society under Vijayanagar rule – Noboru Karashima – Google Books | publisher=Oxford University Press | access-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | author-link=Noboru Karashima | year=1992 | page=294 | isbn=0195628616}}</ref> (1992)
*''Towards a New Formation: South Indian Society under Vijayanagar Rule''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARe1AAAAIAAJ | title=Towards a new formation: South Indian society under Vijayanagar rule – Noboru Karashima – Google Books | publisher=Oxford University Press | access-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | author-link=Noboru Karashima | year=1992 | page=294 | isbn=0195628616}}</ref> (1992)
*''A Concordance of the Names in Cōl̲a inscriptions''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/A_concordance_of_the_names_in_C%C5%8Dl%CC%B2a_in.html?id=QYJAAAAAMAAJ | title=A concordance of the names in Cōl̲a inscriptions – Noboru Karashima, Y. Subbarayalu, Tōru Matsui – Google Books | publisher=Sarvodaya Ilakkiya Pannai | access-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | author-link=Noboru Karashima | year=1978}}</ref>
*''A Concordance of the Names in Cōl̲a inscriptions''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYJAAAAAMAAJ | title=A concordance of the names in Cōl̲a inscriptions – Noboru Karashima, Y. Subbarayalu, Tōru Matsui – Google Books | publisher=Sarvodaya Ilakkiya Pannai | access-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | author-link=Noboru Karashima | year=1978}}</ref>
*''History and Society in South India: The Cholas to Vijayanagar. Comprising South Indian History and Society and Towards a New Formation''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=TRtuAAAAMAAJ | title=History and society in South India: the Cholas to Vijayanagar : comprising ... – Noboru Karashima – Google Books | publisher=Oxford University Press India | access-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | author-link=Noboru Karashima | year=2001 | page=307 | isbn=0195651049}}</ref> (2001)
*''History and Society in South India: The Cholas to Vijayanagar. Comprising South Indian History and Society and Towards a New Formation''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRtuAAAAMAAJ | title=History and society in South India: the Cholas to Vijayanagar : comprising ... – Noboru Karashima – Google Books | publisher=Oxford University Press India | access-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | author-link=Noboru Karashima | year=2001 | page=307 | isbn=0195651049}}</ref> (2001)
*''A Concordance of Nāyakas: The Vijayanagar Inscriptions in South India'' (2002)
*''A Concordance of Nāyakas: The Vijayanagar Inscriptions in South India'' (2002)
*''Ancient to Medieval: South Indian Society in Transition'' (2009)
*''Ancient to Medieval: South Indian Society in Transition'' (2009)
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Noboru Karashima
Born(1933-04-24)April 24, 1933
DiedNovember 26, 2015(2015-11-26) (aged 82)
Other names辛島 昇
OccupationProfessor, Writer, Historian
AwardsFukuoka Asian Culture Prize
Padma Shri
Academic background
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Tokyo
Taisho University
Epigraphical Society of India
Japan Association for South Asian Studies
International Association of Tamil Research (IATR)
Main interestsSouth Indian History
South Asian History

Noboru Karashima (辛島 昇, Karashima Noboru, 24 April 1933 – 26 November 2015)[1] was a Japanese historian, writer and Professor Emeritus in University of Tokyo, Japan. He also served as Professor Emeritus at the Taisho University, Japan. He was a prominent scholar of Asia in the studies of south Indian and South Asian histories. He has rewritten historical accounts on medieval south India and published a number of writings.[2]

Professor Karashima played a critical role in developing Indo-Japan cultural ties and was conferred the Padma Shri award in 2013, one of India's highest civilian award, for his contribution in the field of literature and education.[3] In a rare gesture the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh handed over the award personally to Professor Karashima in Tokyo.[4] He died of leukemia in November, 2015.

Position held[edit | edit source]

  • President of the Epigraphical Society of India in 1985.
  • President of the Japan Association for South Asian Studies from 1996 to 2000.
  • He was the President of International Association of Tamil Research (IATR) from 1989 to 2010.[5] He organised 8th World Tamil Conference in 1995 at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.[6] He and IATR boycotted 9th World Tamil Conference in 2009 due to the political interference. He resigned from the post of president in 2010 because of the same reason.[7]

Books[edit | edit source]

  • South Indian History and Society - Studies from Inscriptions AD 850-1800, Oxford University Press, Delhi (1984)
  • Kingship in Indian History[8]
  • Towards a New Formation: South Indian Society under Vijayanagar Rule[9] (1992)
  • A Concordance of the Names in Cōl̲a inscriptions[10]
  • History and Society in South India: The Cholas to Vijayanagar. Comprising South Indian History and Society and Towards a New Formation[11] (2001)
  • A Concordance of Nāyakas: The Vijayanagar Inscriptions in South India (2002)
  • Ancient to Medieval: South Indian Society in Transition (2009)
  • A Concise History of South India. Issues and Interpretations[12] (2014)

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Tamil scholar who inspired a generation". The Hindu. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. "KARASHIMA Noboru – Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes – Archive Library – Fu:a SENSE ASIA IN FUKUOKA". City.fukuoka.lg.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  3. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  4. "Manmohan presents Padma Shri to Japanese Tamil scholar". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  5. Noboru Karashima (2010-07-23). "Opinion / Op-Ed : IATR and the World Classical Tamil Conference". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  6. "DMK govt has no locus standi to host global Tamil meet: Jayalalitha". The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2013-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. "Opinion / News Analysis : Requiem for the IATR and my resignation as its President". The Hindu. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  8. Karashima, Noboru (1999). Kingship in Indian history – Google Books. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 271. ISBN 9788173045448. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  9. Karashima, Noboru (1992). Towards a new formation: South Indian society under Vijayanagar rule – Noboru Karashima – Google Books. Oxford University Press. p. 294. ISBN 0195628616. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  10. Karashima, Noboru (1978). A concordance of the names in Cōl̲a inscriptions – Noboru Karashima, Y. Subbarayalu, Tōru Matsui – Google Books. Sarvodaya Ilakkiya Pannai. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  11. Karashima, Noboru (2001). History and society in South India: the Cholas to Vijayanagar : comprising ... – Noboru Karashima – Google Books. Oxford University Press India. p. 307. ISBN 0195651049. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  12. . Oxford University Press. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "List of Padma Awardees" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, India. Retrieved 2013-01-26.


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