japanreviewRussian Japanology ReviewRussian Japanology Review2658-67892658-6444Association of Japanologists10.24411/2658-6789-2020-10006japanreview-21Research ArticleСтатьиSerge Elisséeff: Dreams of JapanMarakhonovaS. I.pet.1703@inbox.ruInstitute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Federation2020281220213197129Copyright © Marakhonova S.I., 20212021Marakhonova S.I.Marakhonova S.I.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.japanreview.ru/jour/article/view/21

This article is devoted to the memory of Serge Elisséeff (Sergey Grigor’yevich Eliseev), a prominent Japanologist of the 20th century; a globally recognized researcher and educator; founder of the Far Eastern school of research in the USA and academic Japanese studies in France; one of the first Russian experts on Japan and an emigrant from Soviet Russia. It describes different stages of his life and work in several countries of the world, and scientific and educational institutions he was connected with. The author also focuses on Eliseev’s contribution to the dissemination of knowledge about Japan and Japanese mentality in the Western world.

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