Peter Duus

Peter Duus
Peter Duus
Born	December 27, 1933; Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Died	November 5, 2022 (aged 88); California, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA, PhD); University of Michigan (MA)
Employer(s)	Washington University in St. Louis (1964–1966); Harvard University (1966–1970); Claremont Graduate School (1970–1973); Stanford University (1973–2004)
Spouse	Masayo Duus (m. 1964⁠–⁠2022)
Children	1

Peter Duus (December 27, 1933 – November 5, 2022^[1]) was an American Japanologist, historian, and translator. He was emeritus professor of history at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, as well as president of the Association for Asian Studies in 2000–2001.^[2]

He received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government in 2012.^[3]

Selected bibliography

Party Rivalry and Political Change in Taisho Japan (Harvard University Press, 1968).
Feudalism in Japan (Knopf, 1969).
The Rise of Modern Japan (Houghton Mifflin, 1976).
The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 (University of California Press, 1995).
Modern Japan (Houghton Mifflin, 1993, 2nd ed., 1998).
The Japanese Discovery of America: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Books, 1997).

He was the editor of The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6 (1988).

He also translated a couple of books by his writer wife, Masayo Umezawa Duus (ドウス昌代, née 梅沢).^[1]