Masao Maruyama (scholar)

Masao Maruyama
Born22 March 1914
Osaka, Japan
Died15 August 1996(1996-08-15) (aged 82)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Occupations
  • Thinker
  • political scientist
  • historian
  • professor
Years active1950–1971 (as prof.)
ParentKanji Maruyama

Masao Maruyama (丸山 眞男, Maruyama Masao, 22 March 1914 – 15 August 1996) was a leading Japanese political scientist and political theorist. His expertise lay in the history of Japanese political thought, to which he made major contributions.