Associate Professor
Current Research
Professional Experience:
- 1995 - present
- Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1988 - 1995
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature, Mukogawa Women's University
Degree:
- 1976
- M. Lit., Kyoto University
Specialization
Japanese classical literature, comparative literature, comparative culture
Current Research Themes:
Renga, Haikai, the Japanese concept of death and life
Major publications:
Books
- 2010
- Holy Trees, (Co-authored with Kawase Toshiro), Shinchosha
- 2008
- The Way of Veiling Love: Kenkō and His Essays in Idleness, Tokyo: Seisō Shobō
- The Process of Bashō Becoming BASHŌ, Tokyo: Seisō Shobō
Articles
- 2007
- “On the Singing and Reading of Renga: The Minase Sangin and Yunoyama Sangin as Models”, Nihon-Kenkyu 36, pp139-164
Service and Activities
- Lecturer of the Asahi Cultural Center
- Lecturer of the Yomiuri Cultural Center
Academic Society Membership
- Member of the Association of Literature of Haikai
