birth_place subject awards nationality birth_date genre debut_works article_title name occupation
tokyo , japan societies , '' human relations in vertical society of japan '' of india , tibet , okinawa and japan order japan -rrb- purple ribbon , 1990 of culture , 2001 medals of honor -lrb- japan 30 november 1926 social anthropology '' japanese society '' chie nakane
 chie nakane author and anthropologist , professor emerita at tokyo university
chie nakane

nakane 's work focuses on cross-cultural comparisons of social structures in asia , notably japan , india , and china .
she is internationally known for her bestselling book , `` japanese society '' , which has been translated into 13 languages .
in this book , nakane characterizes japan as `` a vertical society '' where human relations are based on `` place '' -lrb- shared space -rrb- instead of `` attribute '' -lrb- qualification -rrb- .
nakane graduated from tsuda college in 1947 and then completed her graduate work specializing in china and tibet at the university of tokyo in 1952 .
in 1953-1957 , she did fieldwork in india and studied in the school of economics at the university of london .
in 1959-1960 , she was visiting assistant professor at the university of chicago .
in 1960-1961 , she was lecturer at the university of london .
in 1970 , nakane became the first female professor at the university of tokyo , where she served as director of the institute of oriental culture in 1980-1982 .
she was professor at osaka university and the national museum of ethnology and visiting professor at cornell university in 1975-1980 .
in 1995 , she became the first and only female member of the japan academy .
she is also an honorary member of the royal anthropological institute of great britain and ireland .
