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《Academic Staff Profiles》

ABE Yoshinori, Associate Professor

I specialize in the history of German, especially syntactic changes in the period of Early New High German (Fruhneuhochdeutsch) and the history of the German Orthography.

Keywords: word order (Wortstellung), frame construction (Rahmenkonstruktion), orthography (Rechtschreibung)

AKAO Chinami, Professor

I am engaged in research on the culture and literature of African Americans.

Keywords: African American, literature, motion picture, music

ANDO Tomoko, Ph.D., Associate Professor

I am interested primarily in phonological and phonetic phenomena and am currently engaged in theoretical and experimental analyses relating to the prosodic features of the Russian and Japanese languages.

Keywords: phonology, phonetics, prosody

AOKI Kyoko, Associate Professor

I specialize in the social history of late imperial Russia. In particular, I am interested in finding out what sort of society people lived in during that age.

Keywords: history of Russia, peasant family, internal migration

BETSUMOTO Akio, Professor

I am researching the novels of bourgeoisie authors, such as Adalbert Stifter and Theodor Storm, in particular, whose works are representative of the literature of nineteenth century German realism.

Keywords: German literature, novel, realism

DAIKUHARA Chinami, Professor

I specialize in the twentieth century Jewish-American Literature including Holocaust Literature. I am also devoting attention to their cultural and historical backgrounds.

Keywords: American Literature, Jewish, Holocaust

EBIHARA Naokuni, Professor
I specialize in cognitive psychology and music therapy. I am interested in, among others, interaction between emotion and cognition, psychological effects of music, mental imagery, unconsciousness of mind, and attentional processes.

Keywords: music therapy, emotion and cognition, experimental psychology

FUZIMOTO Yukio, Professor

I am engaged in research on the relationship between primarily the Korean language of the fifteenth century, when Hangul was invented, and ancient languages and Japanese linguistics, as well as on history, culture, and especially printing culture through comparisons with China and Japan.

Keywords: Korean linguistics, Hangul, printing culture

FUJITA Hideki, Professor

My current research has focused on the representation of gender in twentieth-century American fiction, drama, and Hollywood cinema. My research interests include John Steinbeck, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, buddy film, and representations of the father in film.

Keywords: American fiction, American drama, American film, gender issues

FUTAMURA Fumito, Professor

I am engaged in research on Edo culture. This involves consideration of the possibilities found in the feudal era with a focus on zekko culture (including rakugo and professional storytelling) and haikai (renku poems).

Keywords: Japanese literature, rakugo, renku

HAMATANI Masato, Professor

I am engaged in research with a look also at international comparisons of the various modes involved to determine how space on the surface of the earth is being used by humans and social groups.

Keywords: Human Geography, Rural Society of Japan, Space

HAYASHI Natsuo, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research on the effects of the cross-border movements of people and cultures as a phenomenon of cultural exchanges on modern international relations, with a particular focus on cultural exchange policies in Japan-South Korea relations.

Keywords: international relations, Japan-ROK (South Korea) relations, international cultural exchange

ITO Tomoki, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research on the processes by which people who have experienced, for example, alcoholism, the loss of someone to whom they are close, and stuttering are able to change by self-narratives in self-help group settings.

Keywords: self-help group, narrative, qualitative research

IWAI Mizue, Professor

I am examining matters relating to the fine arts and society during the Protestant Reformation, with a focus on sixteenth-century France and Italy.

KANEKO Sachiyo, Professor

I am a researcher on Mori Ogai as well as a feminist literary critic. My research focuses on the cross-cultural experiences, novels, and plays of Mori Ogai from what is especially a comparative literature point of view. In addition, I am also interested in research on women’s magazines and films.

Keywords: comparative literature, feminism criticism, modern Japanese literary, Mori Ogai, Japan and Germany

KAWAMURA Tomotaka, Associate Professor

I specialize in the history of British imperialism in the nineteenth century with an emphasis on the British presence in Asia. I am currently doing research for London-based merchants and financiers in the wider context of the capitalist world economy.

Keywords: Great Britain, British Empire, Gentlemanly Capitalism, Global history

KIDA Yuko, Associate Professor

I specialize in clinical psychology. I am engaged in research on the process and therapeutic factors entailed in psychotherapy as well as the formation and pathology of personalities.

Keywords: Clinical Psychology, psychotherapy, therapeutic Factors

KINOSHITA Takashi, Professor
I am engaged in research on issues concerning the consciousness, body, speech, and behavior from the primary standpoint of phenomenology and hermeneutics.

Keywords: philosophy, phenomenology, hermeneutics

KITAMURA Junichi, Professor

I am engaged in research on the historical development of pieces in narrative style known as ballades. I am primarily focusing on Kunst ballades produced since Buerger.

Keywords: German studies, German literature, ballad

KOBAYASHI, Isao, Ph.D., Associate Professor

I am currently researching on the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire as it existed from the sixth to the tenth century and the social changes felt in the eastern region of the Mediterranean Sea in which the Empire was situated.

Keywords: Byzantine Empire, Mediterranean Sea, Constantinople

KOSUKEGAWA Teiji, Professor

I am researching modern Chinese literature. In particular, my research focuses primarily on Zhang Ailing (1920?1995), a female author active in urban Shanghai of the 1940s.

Keywords: Japanese Linguistics, old Manuscript, xun-du

KOTOKU Shosuke, Professor

My special field of interest is American Literature & Culture including American folklore placing emphasis on Native American myths and legends. To the undergraduate students I offer two courses, one in each semester by turns: the first one is Reading Short Stories, based upon legends and myths in general, written by Irving, Hawthorne, Mark Twain and so on; the second one is on Native Americans, picking up one tribe at a semester. For the students of Graduate School I always prepare two courses: American Literature from the Colonial Period to the End of the Nineteenth Century; as for the other one I concentrate on the role of folk tales & legends in the formation of American Literature. I am looking forward to seeing you in my classes!

Keywords: American Literature, American folklore, Native American myths and legends

KUREBITO Megumi, Professor

I am engaged in descriptive research on northern languages, especially the Koryak language of northeastern Siberia, through exposure to people and living languages gained in the course of field work.

KURODA Kiyoshi, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research on mechanisms that allow the meanings of complex verbs and especially separable and inseparable verbs to be formed.

Keywords: complex verbs, separable verbs, inseparable verbs

KUROKAWA Mitsuru, Associate Professor

I specialize in the field of social psychology. With a focus on the issues of interpersonal conflicts, I am engaged in research on individual behavior and interpersonal relationships within groups, group activities, and the transmutative processes of groups.

Keywords: interpersonal conflicts, group processes, communications

KUROSAKI Tadashi, Professor

I specialize in Japanese archaeology and research on ancient imperial capitals as well as on government offices, temples, gardens, settlements, tombs, and other remains related thereto. In addition, I am also interested in agricultural implements and the remains of washrooms as they were used from primitive times to the medieval period.

Keywords: Japanese archaeology, ancient imperial capitals, agricultural implements

KUSANAGI Taro, Professor

I am studying English and American Language and Culture in the ideological and sociological point of view, especially on Shakespeare.

Keywords: Shakespeare, Britain, America

MATSUZAKI Ippei, Professor

Reading chiefly Augustine of Hippo (354-430), I am examining the view of humanity in Western classics as the source of his education and in medieval Christianity, and also that in medieval Christianity based on his thought.
Keywords: The Confessions, Christianity in Late Antiquity, Fathers of the Church

MIYAUCHI Nobuko, Professor

My major is modern German literature. I would like to ascertain the appeal behind poems, novels, plays, and other linguistic works by reading such works with a particular focus on the words used therein. I am currently studying Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's work mainly.
Keywords: German literature, humor, wordplay

MORIGA Kazue, Associate Professor

I am interested in Chinese philology, Chinese paleography and ancient Chinese grammar. My current research focuses on the exegetics of Chinese Classics.

Keywords: Chinese philology, Chinese paleography, the Thirteen Classics, exegesis

MURAI Fumio, Professor

I am studying French Literature in the 18th century (Cazotte, Saint-Martin and Maistre). I am also interested in the studies of comparative literature (Lafcadio Hearn).

NAGAI Tatsuo, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research on ancient Greek philosophy with a primary focus on Aristotle. In particular, I am pursuing a number of issues in Aristotle's Physics.

Keywords: philosophy, ancient Greek, Aristotle, nature

NAKAI Seiichi, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research pertaining to the question of how societal changes will transform words (dialects) in the Kansai and Hokuriku regions from a sociolinguistic perspective.

Keywords: Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Language in Japanese Society

NAKAJIMA Toshie, Associate Professor

I am interested in poetry that captures the culture and quintessence of France from the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. I am not merely content to appreciate the beauty within the text but would like to clarify the mechanisms involved.

NAKAZAWA Atsuo, Ph.D., Professor

I specialize in the fields of Eastern Slavic Philology and Old Russian Literature, currently doing research for Old Russian Chronicles in the 15-16th Century and Russian Folk Culture in the 17th Century. In Courses of the Faculty I am teaching Russian Literature, History of Russian Culture and History of Russian National Identity.

Keywords: Early Slavic Philology, Eastern Slavic Philology, Old Russian Literature, Old Russian Chronicles, Russian Folk Culture

OGAWA Hiromichi, Professor

I am engaged in functional research on modern English. In particular, I am analyzing the structure of modern English in terms of quantity, quality, relevance, and manner of information with a particular focus on speakers and listeners.

Keywords: functional approach, information structure, speakers and listeners

OHNISHI Koji, Associate Professor

I specialize in Behavioral Geography, Children’s Geography, and GIS Education. I am currently doing research in the crime prevention for children and also supporting Children’s participation in Urban Planning and Regional Planning.

Keywords: Cognitive mapping, Time Geography, GIS, Children’s participation

OHNO Keisuke, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research on classical Chinese literature with a focus on the pre-Qin and Han periods. These days, I am examining the influence exerted on classical mythologies based on such literature as the Confucian classics and pre-Qin philosophy classics.

Keywords: classical Chinese literature, pre-Qin, mythology, Confucian classics, pre-Qin philosophy classics

OKAMURA Nobutaka, Professor

I am engaged in research on theories of ethics with regard to their justifiability, their foundations in the human mind, and their applicability to ethical problems of the modern society.

Keywords: western philosophy, theories of ethics, human mind, applied ethics

OKUMURA Yuzuru, Professor

I specialize in late Middle English dialectology and mediaeval manuscript studies.

Keywords; late Middle English, dialect, manuscript, scribe

ONO Naoko, Associate Professor

I specialize in the history of medicine in the United States of America. I am currently interested in medical specialization and gender in medicine.

Keywords: America, History, Medicine

RYO Yuuki, Associate Professor

I am researching modern Chinese literature. In particular, my research focuses primarily on Zhang Ailing (1920?1995), a female author active in urban Shanghai of the 1940s.

Keywords: Modern Chinese literature, 1940’s, Shanghai

SATO Yutaka, Associate Professor

I am endeavoring to conduct sociological analyses of discriminatory problems, including discrimination against people with physical handicaps, gender discrimination, and discrimination against outcast people. The methodology used for social surveys is also a subject of my research activities.

SAITO Hiroki, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research with a focus on modern Chinese literature. While my main target is the author Shen Tsung-wen, my other interests include Miao and other minority ethnic cultures and modern Chinese propaganda.

SAWADA Minoru, Professor
I specialize in the history of Central Asia and Xinjiang in the age of Islam. I am also conducting fieldwork on Islamic holy sites.

Keywords: Central Asia, Xinjiang, Islam

SHIBUTANI Yuri, Ph.D., Associate Professor

I am a specialist in the recent history of the northeastern region of China with an emphasis on matters pertaining to the Zhang Zuolin regime (1916?1928). I am currently engaged in comprehensive research primarily in the areas of politics, society, foreign policy, and military affairs, among others.

Keywords: Manchuria, Zhang Zuolin, Modern Chinese History

SUEOKA Hiroshi, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research on the history of thoughts in modern China, the history of cultural exchanges between modern China and Japan, and the process by which the scientific culture of Europe and the United States has been propagated to the cultural sphere of East Asia in the modern era.

Keywords: history of Chinese Philosophy, modern Chinese thought, cultural exchanges between modern China and Japan

SUZUKI Keiji, Associate Professor

I specialize in the sociocultural history of ancient Japan. Along with dealing with the study of transportation and the study of historical records and engaging in literature-based research, I have currently been kept busy traveling to various locations to investigate vistas, ruins, and relics.

SUZUKI Nobuaki, Professor

I specialize in the history of social ideas in modern Korea. These days, I am also interested in maps produced during the Choson Dynasty.

Keywords: Korean history, Korean west learning history, Korean map learning history

SUZUKI Takashi, Professor

I carry out research on trends in modern English literature centering around James Joyce, based primarily on an Irish perspective.

TABATA Mami, Ph.D., Associate Professor

I am studying theories of human relationships with a focus on ethical notions in modern Japan and the classical study of Confucianism in particular.

Keywords: Confucianism, Ethics, Japan

TACHIKAWA Kenji, Professor

I am working to shed light on society as it existed from the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate and into the Meiji Period in terms of the horseracing events of that time. In addition, I am also engaged in analyses of fieldwork pertaining to settlements such as those situated in Yokohama and Kobe, as well as textbooks left behind by Westerners who came to visit Japan from the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate and into the Meiji Period.

TAKAHASHI Koji, Associate Professor

I specialize in Japanese archaeology and in the Kofun (tumulus) Period in particular. With a focus on this era, I am engaged in research on the production and distribution of jade and the history of interactions along the Sea of Japan.

Keywords: Japanese Archaeology, Kofun Period, Long distance exchange of Jade ornaments

TAKAYASU Kazuko, Professor

I am engaged in analyzing the various types of sentence constructions existing in English in terms of linguistic theory.

Keywords: syntax, generative, grammar

TAKEDA Akifumi, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research on Russian literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in terms of narratology, tropology, and drama theory, among others.

Keywords: Russia, Modern Russian literature

TAKEMURA Taku, Professor

I study the structure of international relations on historical basis through an unusual way. For example, using a historical-structural analysis approach to reexamine the concept of the Cold War or of national security, I also focus on non-armed state. May be it seems to be a little bit deviant.

Keywords: Peace Studies, Security Concept, Cold War, North-East Asia, Costa Rica

TAKEUCHI Kiyoshi, Ph.D., Associate Professor

I have been engaged in anthropological survey on the relationships between ethnic groups and on subsistence activities in African tropical forest regions. My current interests are in analyzing socio-economic factors behind the marginalization of forest foragers, and in the conservation of their cultures.

Keywords: cultural anthropology, African tropical forest, forager, inter-ethnic relationship, conservation of cultural diversity

TAMURA Shunsuke, Associate Professor

I deal in medieval literature, especially in regards to the influence exerted on such pseudo-classical tales as “Morning Dew” (1362 to the early stages of the Muromachi Period) from Essays In Idleness, which were purported in the past to have been explosively circulated upon the commencement of modern times.

Keywords: Japanese medieval literature, pseudo-classical tales, Essays In Idleness

TOKUNAGA Yosuke, Associate Professor

I am examining the characteristics of Chinese society, especially as it existed during the period of the Song and Yuan dynasties, from the perspective of the field of law. In particular, the role carried out by the control exerted over different ethnic groups in enabling the law to be continuously received and revised is the key theme currently being pursued.

TOMITA Masahiro, Professor

I am researching the landscape of the political society of Japan during the Medieval Period. In particular, I am currently investigating the correlation between the political landscape and extant historical records and the interrelationship between the social landscape and the temple organizations of that time.

TSUNEKAWA Masami, Associate Professor

I am engaged in research on the writings of E.M. Forster with a strong interest in the act of reading and the social concerns reflected therein.

Keywords: E. M. Forster, British Literature, Great Britain

TSURU Daisaku, Associate Professor

I am interested in analyzing performance aspects, including songs, dances, and formalities, of hunter-gatherers residing in African tropical forests. As efforts to compile written records thereof would be difficult, I would also like to pursue anthropological methods using new media capable of recording, for example, audio and video elements.

WADA Tomomi, Associate Professor

I am investigating the roles played by novels in the spiritual lives of people on the Korean peninsula in the first half of the twentieth century. I am also seeking to uncover works that became outdated despite being popular at the time they were released, rather than simply focusing on works acclaimed to date as masterpieces.

Keywords: Korean Literature, Modernism, the colonial period

YAMAGUCHI Kosuke, Professor

I specialize in Japanese literature from the Meiji and Taisho periods. I am currently interested in literature from the same era with a primary focus on Higuchi Ichiyo and children's literature.

Keywords: literature of the Meiji and Taisho periods, Higuchi Ichiyo, children's literature

YAMAMOTO Koichi, Professor

I am engaged in research on twentieth century German literature with a focus on the novels of Hermann Hesse.

Keywords: German literature, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka

YAMAZAKI Keiko, Associate Professor

I am pursuing research on Japanese language education from the viewpoint of the second language learning. I am considering how to support Japanese language learners, and how to design the language learning environment. I am also interested in research based on the analysis of Japanese language conversations, and try to analyze how people organize the relationship each other.

Keywords: Japanese language education, the second language learning, Language learning environment, Support, Analysis of Japanese language conversations

YOSHIDA Toshinori, Professor

I am focusing my research efforts on examining the cultures and societies of Russia and eastern European countries from the onset of the modern era. Classes relating to, among others, cultural exchanges between Japan and Russia via Siberia and the Far Eastern Region, and ethnic problems in the multi-ethnic states of the Soviet Union and Russia, are offered.

Keywords: Russia, Siberia, Eastern European Countries

YUKAWA Sumiyuki, Professor

I study characteristics and functions of human communication behavior that constructs interpersonal relationship and society and culture at large, using discourse analysis and related methods.

Keywords: discourse, discourse analysis