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{{Short description|Japanese historian and writer (1933–2015)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|04|24}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]{{JPN}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|11|26|1933|04|24}}
| death_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan
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| other_names = 辛島 昇
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| main_interests = South Indian History <br/> South Asian History
| workplaces = [[University of Tokyo]] <br/> [[Taisho University]] <br/> Epigraphical Society of India <br/> Japan Association for South Asian Studies <br/> International Association of Tamil Research (IATR)
| occupation = Professor, Writer, Historian
| awards = [[Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize]] <br/> [[Padma Shri]]
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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 | publisherwork=[[The Hindu]] | date=27 November 2015 | accessdateaccess-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 Southsouth Indian and South Asian histories. He has rewritten historical accounts on medieval Southsouth 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= |accessdate=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 Literatureliterature and Educationeducation.<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 accessdate|archive-url=Julyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf 21|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|authoragency=PTIPress 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. |publisherwork=The Hindu |access-date= |accessdate=2013-08-07}}</ref> He died of leukemia in November, 2015.
 
==Position held==
*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.<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 |publisherwork=The Hindu |date=2010-07-23 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> He organizedorganised 8th [[World Tamil Conference]] in 1995 at [[Thanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|authoragency=PTIPress SepTrust 25,of 2009,India 03|url=http://articles.23pm ISTtimesofindia.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 - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2009-09-25 |accessdatework=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> He and IATR boycotted 9th World Tamil Conference in 2009 due to the political interferencesinterference. He resigned from the post of president in 2010 because of the same reason.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduthehindu.com/2010opinion/08op-ed/13/storiesRequiem-for-the-IATR-and-my-resignation-as-its-President/2010081355321300article16129298.htmece |title=Opinion / News Analysis : Requiem for the IATR and my resignation as its President |publisherwork=The Hindu |access-date= |accessdate=20132018-0105-2305}}</ref>
 
==Books==
*''South Indian History and Society - Studies from Inscriptions AD 850-1800'', Oxford University Press, Delhi (1984)
*''Kingship in Indian history''<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Kingship_in_Indian_history.html?id=oyiKAAAAMAAJ | title=Kingship in Indian history - Google Books | publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors | accessdate=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | authorlink=Noboru Karashima | year=1999 | page=271 | isbn=9788173045448}}</ref>
*''TowardsKingship a New Formation: Southin Indian Society under Vijayanagar RuleHistory''<ref>{{cite book | url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=ARe1AAAAIAAJoyiKAAAAMAAJ | title=Towards a new formation:Kingship Southin Indian societyhistory under Vijayanagar rule - Noboru Karashima - Google Books | publisher=OxfordManohar UniversityPublishers Press& Distributors | accessdateaccess-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | authorlinkauthor-link=Noboru Karashima | year=19921999 | page=294271 | isbn=01956286169788173045448}}</ref>
*''ATowards concordancea ofNew theFormation: South Indian namesSociety inunder Cōl̲aVijayanagar inscriptionsRule''<ref>{{cite book | url=httphttps://books.google.co.incom/books/about/A_concordance_of_the_names_in_C%C5%8Dl%CC%B2a_in.html?id=QYJAAAAAMAAJARe1AAAAIAAJ | title=ATowards concordancea ofnew theformation: namesSouth inIndian Cōl̲asociety inscriptionsunder -Vijayanagar rule – Noboru Karashima, Y. Subbarayalu, Tōru Matsui - Google Books | publisher=SarvodayaOxford IlakkiyaUniversity PannaiPress | accessdateaccess-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | authorlinkauthor-link=Noboru Karashima | year=19781992 | page=294 | isbn=0195628616}}</ref> (1992)
*''HistoryA andConcordance societyof the Names in SouthCōl̲a Indiainscriptions''<ref>{{cite book | url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=TRtuAAAAMAAJQYJAAAAAMAAJ | title=HistoryA andconcordance societyof inthe Southnames India:in theCōl̲a Cholasinscriptions to VijayanagarNoboru : comprisingKarashima, ..Y. -Subbarayalu, NoboruTōru KarashimaMatsui - Google Books | publisher=OxfordSarvodaya UniversityIlakkiya Press IndiaPannai | accessdateaccess-date=2013-01-23 | author=Karashima, Noboru | authorlinkauthor-link=Noboru Karashima | year=2001 | page=307 | isbn=01956510491978}}</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/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)
*''Ancient to Medieval: South Indian Society in Transition''
*''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''<ref>{{cite book | publisher=Oxford University Press.}}</ref> (2014)
 
==Awards==
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*[[Japan Academy Prize (academics)|Japan Academy Prize]] (2003)
*[[Person of Cultural Merit]] (2007)
*[[Padma Shri]] (2013)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/Padma%28E%292013.pdf | title=List of Padma Awardees | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, India | accessdateaccess-date=2013-01-26 }}</ref>
 
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