Professor
Education:
- 1986
- B.A., Waseda University
- 1988
- B.A., Waseda University
- 1990
- M.A., The University of Tokyo
- 1996
- D., Litt., The University of Tokyo
Professional Experience:
- 2010 - present
- Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 2005 - 2010
- Professor, Musashi University
- 1998 - 2005
- Associate Professor, Musashi University
- 1996 - 1998
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- 1993 - 1996
- Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Specialized Fields:
History of Chinese Thought, East Asian Studies, Comparative Culture
Current Research Themes:
Pre-modern Chinese Thought
Cultural Interaction in East Asia
Keywords for Research:
Neo-Confucianism, China, Pre-modern, Early modern, East Asia
Major publications:
Books
- 2005
- Considering the Early Modern in the History of Chinese Thought, University of Tokyo Press
- 1995
- China as perspective, (under joint authorship with Mizoguchi Yuzo and Murata Yujiro), Heibonnsya
Articles
- 2011
- “On Li Kung (Lǐ gōng)’s Standpoint -Reconsidering the Yen Yüan (Yán Yuán) and Li Kung (Lǐ gōng)School”, Thought and Religion of Asia 28, Waseda University
- 2009
- “The Individual, the Common and the Public in the History of Pre-modern Chinese Thought”, Todai Journal of Chinese Philosophy 24
- 2008
- “From the Ming to Ch’ing Dynasty in the Context of East Asia : Discourses on Political Legitimacy in China, Korea and Japan
The Journal of Human and Cultural Sciences”, Musashi University 39:3
