Ichisada Miyazaki (1901–1995) was a Japanese historian of East Asia whose research centered on Chinese history. A graduate of Kyoto Imperial University, he later served as a professor at Kyoto University. Examining economic conditions, social structures, and everyday life as well as political institutions, he situated the history of East Asia within broader patterns of world history. In “Kakyo: Chugoku no Shiken Jigoku,” he uses the imperial examination system and the experiences of its candidates to explain the society that developed around it. Miyazaki received the Japan Academy Prize for his research on the nine-rank system of official recruitment and was designated a Person of Cultural Merit in 1989.
