Raised in Hiroshima Prefecture following the transfer of his father, an English teacher at an old junior high school.
In 1985, he conducted a field survey of the Gwanggaeto Stele to prove his theory and concluded that "there was no intentional alteration of the inscription.
Furuta's articles were published in Shigaku zasshi and Shirin, which attracted the attention of the academic community, and in his early years he was often mentioned by the mass media.
[b] At one time, the hypothesis (the theory of 邪馬壹国, as well as the content of the Shinran research period) appeared as a footnote in high school textbooks.
He also attracted attention in Shinran studies, and in 1975 he proposed the theory of the authenticity of the Sanmu-ki, a book that had been theorized to be a fake, and which kicked off a controversy in the academic world.
[5]。Furthermore, even after strong suspicions that the book was a forgery were raised in later years, he remained supportive of its owner, Kihachiro Wada[6]、and actively engaged in research, including writing an article in the "Bulletin" of Showa Pharmaceutical University.
[c] However, they were reluctant to deal with ancient history in general other than Jindai moji and the Wada family documents, as they needed sufficient research.
[7]。 In 2007 (Heisei 19), Furuta claimed to have discovered the "Kansei Genbunshi" of "Higashinichiryu Gai Sanggunshi" and published a photographic version of it the following year.
The biggest opponent of the argument was Yasumoto Yoshinori[citation needed], a supporter of the Association for Creating New History Textbooks.
[20] Tomoharu Fujita, a close friend of Furuta, was also an ideologue of the "Philosophy Section of the Osaka Materialism Society.
(As to why the number of years of reign cannot be taken for granted, Furuta argues for a doubled chronology, while Yasumoto's argument is inspired by his own theory.
[26] Furuta's stance on the Chronicles is that he is a "skeptic" in that he doubts the Kinki Emperor's view of history, but he is an "exegete" in that he does not deny all of the written content as a creation of a later era.
[i] When he was a teacher at Matsumoto Fukashi High School, he denounced an exhibition by the Social Science Research Association praising the Soviet Union.
When he was a teacher at Matsumoto Fukashi High School, he denounced an exhibition in praise of the Soviet Union by the Social Science Research Association.