Professor
Education:
- 1982
- B.A., Kyoto University
- 1984
- M.A., Kyoto University
Professional Experience:
- 2010 - present
- Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 2006 - 2010
- Professor, Osaka University (Graduate School)
- 2007
- Visiting Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- 1999 - 2006
- Associate Professor, Osaka University (Graduate School)
- 1999
- Visiting Scholar, Columbia University
- 1992 - 1999
- Associate Professor, Osaka University
- 1997 - 1998
- Additional post Associate Professor, National Institute of Japanese Literature
- 1990 - 1992
- Associate Professor, Aichi Prefectural Women's Junior College and Aichi Prefectural University
- 1986 - 1990
- Full-time Lecturer, Aichi Prefectural Women's Junior College and Aichi Prefectural University
Specialized Fields:
Japanese Literature
Current Research Themes:
Expression of Classical Japanese Literature and its Creation,
Globalizing Methodology of Japanese literature Studies
Keywords for Research:
Ancient and Medieval Japanese Literature, Religion and Literature, Kokoro, Dream, Speech Balloons, Picturization/Tradition/Expression
Major publications:
Books
- 2012
- The Contexture and Design of Setsuwashū (The collection of Narrative Tales): Study on the Konjaku Tales, Bensei Shuppan
- 2007
- Japanese Literature Double Visages, Osaka University Press
- 2005
- Shinnihonkotenbungakutaikei Kojidan Zokukojidan (co-author), Iwanami Shoten
Articles
- 2012
- “The Writing Style and Thoughts of Hōjōki”, bungaku 13(2), pp.61-76
- “How Does the Moon Look Like in the World?”, Between “National and Regional” Reorientation of Studies on Japanese and Central European Cultures, pp.8-19
- “Syakkyō-Ka and Soap”, Miyazawa Kenji no Shinsō -Shūkyō kara no Shōsha, hozokan, pp.141-172
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