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Shinji Maejima

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Shinji Maejima (前嶋 信次, Maejima Shinji, July 20, 1903 – June 3, 1983) was a Japanese Orientalist.

A native of Yamanashi Prefecture, he studied Pali and Sanskrit at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and graduated with a BA from the University of Tokyo. Prior to World War II, he taught in Taiwan, then a Japanese colony. After the war, he taught Islamic History at Keio University until his death.

He began as a Buddhist scholar, but then turned his attention to Islam, becoming a pioneering Arabist in Japan. He was the first one to render the One Thousand and One Nights from the original Arabic into Japanese.[1] He died just before the publication of a supplementary volume to his twelve-volume translation, which contains the stories of Ali Baba and Aladdin. Six more volumes were later produced by Osamu Ikeda (池田 修) to complete the series.

Major works

  • 『玄奘三蔵: 史実西遊記』岩波新書、1952年
  • 『三大陸周遊記』(翻訳)河出書房、1954年(角川文庫、1961年)
  • 『サラセン文化』弘文堂、1955年
  • 『アラビアの医術』中公新書、1965年(平凡社ライブラリー、1996年)
  • 『アラビアン・ナイト 全18巻』(翻訳)平凡社東洋文庫、1966年-1992年
  • 『イスラム世界』河出書房新社、1968年(河出文庫、1989年)
  • 『アラビアン・ナイトの世界』講談社現代新書、1970年(平凡社ライブラリー、1995年)
  • 『イスラムの蔭に』河出書房新社、1975年(河出文庫、1991年)
  • 『イスラムの時代』講談社、1977年

References

  1. ^ Wahba, Kassem M.; England, Liz; Taha, Zeinab A. (2017). Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century. Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis. p. 21. ISBN 9781317384205.