Samuel H. Yamashita
American historian of Japan
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Samuel Hideo Yamashita (born 1946) is an American historian and Asian studies scholar. His research interests include Confucianism, daily life in wartime Japan,[1] and Asia-Pacific food studies, especially Japanese cuisine.[2][3] He is the Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History at Pomona College in Claremont, California.[3][4]
Early life and education
Yamashita was born in 1946[5] in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi and raised in Kailua.[6] He grew up in a household focused on baseball, which he has described as being "almost a religion in the Japanese American community".[6] He attended high school at Mid-Pacific Institute,[6] university at Macalester College, and subsequently received his Master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Michigan.[3][4]
Career
Yamashita began teaching at Pomona College in 1983.[3][4] He retired on April 11, 2026 after over 40 years of teaching.[7][8]
Works
- Master Sorai's Responsals: An Annotated Translation of Sorai Sensei Tomonsho. University of Hawaiʻi Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0824815707.
- Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies: Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese. University of Hawaiʻi Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0824829773.[9]
- Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945. University Press of Kansas. 2015. ISBN 9780700624621.
- Hawaiʻi Regional Cuisine: The Food Movement That Changed the Way Hawaiʻi Eats. University of Hawaiʻi Press. May 31, 2019. ISBN 9780824879723.
