Carl Steenstrup

Carl Steenstrup was a Danish Japanologist.

Biography

Carl Steenstrup is known for translating several works of Japanese literature, mostly those relating to the historical development of Bushido, Japanese Feudal Law, and the Kakun of famous Samurai Leaders Hōjō Shigetoki and Imagawa Ryoshun. Steenstrup's dissertation at Harvard University was entitled Hôjô Shigetoki and his Role in the History of Political and Ethical Ideas in Japan.
Steenstrup was a civil servant for the Danish Government from 1952 to 1985 and Professor of Japanese History at Munich University. From 1971 to 1972 he was a lecturer in Nordic languages for Tōkai University in Tokyo, Japan. After his retirement, he lectured at Humboldt University in Berlin, and the Government Academy of Law and Economics in Irkutsk.
Steenstrup died in Berlin on 11 November 2014, at the age of 80.

Public Administration—Denmark
Lecturer, Tôkai University—Tokyo, Japan
Librarian, Asia Collection, upper librarian, Abt.ltr. in daen. wiss
Senior Fellow, Japanese—The Scandinavian Institute for Asia Research, Copenhagen
Associate Professor of Japanese History at University of Munich
Lecturer, Humboldt University in Berlin
Lecturer, Government Academy of Law and Economics in Irkutsk.

Hôjô Shigetoki and his Role in the History of Political and Ethical Ideas in Japan, London 1979.
A History of Law in Japan until 1868,
Of Japan and History, Copenhagen 1980.
Shintô, Copenhagen 1982.
Japan 1850-1980, Copenhagen 1982.
MN 29: 3, 283–303. ." Acta Orientalia XXXVI. Translations of first buke kakun, "The Letter to Nagatoki", written between 1237 and 1247, pp. 417–38. Reference in Streenstup 1977, MN 32:1

Imagawa Ryôshun. Imagawa-jô . Trans. by Carl Steenstrup, in 28:3 Attributed to [Imagawa Sadayo 今川貞世 or Ryôshun 了俊.
"Hojo Shigetoki's Letter of Instruction to his Son Nagatoki," trans. "The Letter to Nagatoki", written between 1237 and 1247, pp. 417–38. Acta Orientalia 36
Hôjô Shigetoki. Gokurakuji-dono go-shôsoku.極楽寺殿御消息 by Hôjô Shigetoki 北条重時 Trans. by Carl Steenstrup, in 32:1
Steenstrup, Carl. MN 35: 4, 405–435. in Journal of Japanese Studies 22:2
Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu: The Origins of Dual Government in Japan Review by Carl Steenstrup, JJS 27.1
"Historical Jurisprudence", Kracht and Rütterman, eds., , Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz publishing house, vii, 650 S.
The Munakata Clan Code of 1313. How a Clan of Hereditary Shrine Priests with Warrior Status Modernized Their Rule and Survived in Power Japonica Humboldtiana.
A review of "Emperor and Aristocracy in Japan, 1467–1680: Resilience and Renewal." By Lee Butler. Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. Journal of Japanese Studies 30:1