Egami Namio

Egami Namio
Born1906 (1906)
Died2002 (aged 95–96)
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology

Egami Namio (1906 - 2002) was a Japanese archaeologist, academic, university professor, historian and writer.[1]

Biography

He was born in 1906.[2]

He served as a professor of the University of Tokyo and Director of Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo from 1978 to 1985.[3]

He is most notable for being the proponent of the Horserider Theory.[4][5][6]

He died in 2002.[7]

Awards and honours

He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit (South Korea) in 1991.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Namio Egami". Historic Images of Mongolia. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Robert J. Smith; Richard K. Beardsley, eds. (2004). Japanese Culture: Its Development and Characteristics. Routledge. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-415-33039-8.
  3. ^ "Namio Egami". yashiro.itatti.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Cartwright, Mark (July 19, 2017). "The Horse-rider Theory in Ancient Japan". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  5. ^ Barnes, Gina (1988). Protohistoric Yamato: Archaeology of the First Japanese State. Ann Arbor, MI: U OF M CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES. doi:10.3998/mpub.18696. ISBN 978-0-915703-11-1. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  6. ^ Rhee, Song-nai; Aikens, C. Melvin; Barnes, Gina L. (September 9, 2021). Archaeology and History of Toraijin: Human, Technological, and Cultural Flow from the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese Archipelago c. 800 BC–AD 600. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. doi:10.2307/j.ctv20rsk33. ISBN 978-1-78969-967-8. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  7. ^ Tjalling H. F. Halbertsma (2008). Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia. Brill. p. 97. ISBN 978-90-474-4323-0.