Faculty

Deputy Directors-General

Frederik CRYNS

History of the Sengoku period, interaction between the Western world and Japan

MATSUDA Toshihiko

History of Japanese and Korean relations

Director-General

INOUE Shōichi

History of manners and customs

Full-time Faculty

Assistant Professors

Research Division

GOZA Yūichi

Japanese medieval history

Office of Institutional Research

SUN Shiyu

Sociology

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information

MITSUHIRA Yūki

History of music therapy

Associate Professors

Research Division

KATAOKA Mai

Modern Japanese literature, comparative literature

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information

Edward BOYLE

Border studies, heritage studies, geopolitics, cartography

Professors

Research Division

ARAKI Hiroshi

Japanese literature

Research Division

ISODA Michifumi

Japanese history

Research Division

ISOMAE Jun'ichi

Religious studies, critical theory

Research Division

ITŌ Takayuki

History of Chinese thought, cultural interaction in East Asia, comparative culture

Research Division

USHIMURA Kei

Comparative literature and culture, intellectual history

Research Division

ENOMOTO Wataru

Medieval history of international exchange

Research Division

ŌTSUKA Eiji

History of the arts of manga, study of the creation of manga, history of modern literature

Research Division

KUSUNOKI Ayako

Japanese political and diplomatic history, security studies

Research Division

Timon SCREECH

Art history and history of the Edo period

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information

SEKINO Tatsuki

Informatics

Research Division

ZHAN Xiaomei

History of artistic connections between Japan and China in the modern age

Research Division

TAKII Kazuhiro

Constitutional history, comparative legal history

Research Division

YASUI Manami

Japanese folklore, cultural anthropology

Research Division

YAMADA Shōji

Informatics, history of cultural exchange

Research Division

LIU Jianhui

History of cultural connections between Japan and China

Project Research Fellows

Research Division

ANDO Chihoko

History of early Japanese photography

Research Division

SAKA Chihiro

Buddhist art history, folk religion

Research Division

SHUNTŌ Ken'ichi

Study of human animal relations, history of aigo culture

Research Division

NISHIDA Shōichi

History of modern Japan, history of political thought

Research Fellows

IOKA Utako

Aesthetic, philosophy of arts

Research Division

ŌMURA Kazuma

Political thought, political theory

Research Division

ZHUANG Hanqi

Oriental history

Research Division

NISHIMURA Masahiko

History of U.S.-Japan relations, international relations

MORIOKA Yuki

Comparative literature and culture of Japan and China

Specially Appointed Faculty (Domestic)

Assistant Professors

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information

KOMAI Sachi

Cultural studies, contemporary Japanese literature

International Research Planning Office

Oliver WHITE

Japanese literature

Visiting Faculty (Domestic)

Associate Professors

KANDA Yuri

Mediable history of Japan

SEKIGUCHI Hiroshi

A history of modern Japan

TAKEUCHI Rio

Cultural sociology, educational sociology

HAMANO Seiichirō

History of Japanese political thought

YAMAGUCHI Hiroyuki

Ceramic archeology

Professors

LEE Sungjeon

History of East Asia

ENDŌ Masayuki

Fetal diagnosis and treatment

Fumio KUMAMOTO

日本近代史、日本外交史

TOYODA Hiroaki

History of capital city planning in East Asia, history of palace structure in East Asia, history of gardens

HORI Madoka

比較文学、日本近現代文学、境界者の文芸文化

Visiting Research Fellows

学術奨励賞

Jasmin Paula Lydia RÜCKERT

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AHRC Research Fellows

Mark WALLER

Fine art

JF Research Fellows

HUANG Meihui

Modern Japanese history, modern Taiwan-Japanese relations

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan

Jamila RODRIGUES

Anthropology, embodiment and ritual studies

ZHANG Xiaoming

Japanese intellectual history studies; Mencius studies in early modern Japan

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

SONG Dandan

the Folklore studies of Japan

MASUDA Itsuki

Christian literature in Japan

Specially Appointed Researcher

NEGAWA Sachio

Migration history, maritime history, cultural studies

Visiting Research Fellows

YE Tao

民俗学、中国民間文学

LI Jieling

Cultural communication history between Japan and China, studies on Ancient Chinese Books

Visiting Research Scholars

Um Inkyung

Cultural exchange between Korea and Japan, The Japanese-language literature of East Asia

JIANG Shan

History of Chinese-Japanese Medical Communication; Acu-moxa Theory

HUANG Tzu-Chin

Modern Sino-Japanese relations, modern Japanese history of diplomacy

Rotem KOWNER

Early modern and modern Japanese history and culture

SATO-ROSSBERG Nana

Translation studies

ZHOU Changshan

Regional historical geography, interaction between Japan and China

Clelia Florence ZERNIK

Art philosphy

Mario TALAMO

Literature of the late Edo period

CHEN Lingling

Modern Sino-Japanese literary relations

Hasan TOPACOGLU

Cultural studies, media events, memory, identity, oral history

LIU Hengwu

Maritime cultural exchange history of East Asia, Regional archaeology