Seiichi Iwao


Seiichi Iwao was a Japanese academic, an historian and author. He was for many years a professor at the University of Tokyo.

Early life

Seiichi was born in Tokyo. He attended the University of Tokyo, graduating in 1925.

Career

Seiichi was a member of the faculty of the University of Tokyo. His contribution to Japanese historiography is measured in the effect his teaching and example produced in a younger generation of students.

Indonesian history

Iwao was considered a leading scholar in the colonial period of Indonesian history. His study of Japanese towns in South Asia before the Pacific War was published in A study of Japanese Towns in the South. The research used documents of the Dutch East Indies Company in the archives of the Hague and Jakarta.

Japanese history

Iwao's research and writing covered a broad range, including his early work on Japanese emigrant communities in South Asia and his later work on the Edo period of national seclusion.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Seiichi Iwao, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 100+ works in 200+ publications in 7 languages and 1,500+ library holdings.