About Yasunosuke Gonda
Lived 1887 – 1951 (aged 63). Yasunosuke Gonda was a Japanese sociologist.
(17 May 1887 – 5 January 1951) was a Japanese sociologist and film theorist who played an important role in the study of popular entertainment and helped pioneer statistical studies of everyday life in Japan.
Career Born in the Kanda area of Tokyo, Gonda was early attracted to the socialism of Isoo Abe, and his early political activities earned expulsion from Waseda High School. He later studied at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Tokyo University where he was influenced by German statistical sociology.
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Who was Yasunosuke Gonda?
Japanese sociologist
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Yasunosuke Gonda was born on 17 May 1887 in Tokyo.
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Yasunosuke Gonda died on 5 January 1951.
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Yasunosuke Gonda was a sociologist.
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