Professor
Current Research
Education:
- 1972
- B.A., University of Tokyo
- 1997
- Ph. D., Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
Professional Experience:
- 2005 - present
- Special Assistant of Director, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- 2003 - 2004
- Chair of Cultural & Social Dep. The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- 1996 - present
- Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1989 - 1996
- Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1988 - 1989
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature, Toyo University
- 1985 - 1988
- Lecturer, Faculty of Literature, Toyo University
Specialized Fields:
Literature, ideology and culture in modern and contemporary Japan
Current Research Themes:
Formulational history of concepts and genres in Japanese culture
Keywords for Research:
Literary and cultural history, Taishô life-centrism, concept, genre, publication
Major publications:
Books
- 2009
- ‘Nihon Bungaku’ no Seiritsu (The Formation of “Japanese Literature”), Sakuhin-sha
- 2007
- Seimeikan no Tankyu; Jusousuru kiki no nakade (In Pursuit of a View on Life: Amidthe Crisis of Imbrication ), Sakuhinsha
- 2006
- The Concept of “literature” in Japan, expanded version, (tran. by Royal Tyler), Nichibunken monograph series, IRCJS, March
Awards
- 1988
- Taishu bungaku kenkyû Award
Service and Activities
- Member, Running Committee for Murasaki Shikibu Literary Award
GRANT-IN-AID for Scientific Research
- 2001-2003
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(2), "Sexual Love as Viewed from the Standpoint of Japanese Interpretation of Life: An Interdisciplinary and Historical Perspective"
- 1998-1999
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(2), "Sexual Love as Viewed from the Standpoint of Japanese Interpretation of Life: An Interdisciplinary and Historical Perspective"
- 1997
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(2), "Sexual Love as Viewed from the Standpoint of Japanese Interpretation of Life: In Interdisciplinary and Historical Perspective"
Academic Society Membership
- Advisor, Nihon Kindai Bungaku Kai (Association of Modern Japanese Literature)
- Manager, Shōwa Bungaku Kai (Association of Shōwa Literature)
- International Comparative Literature Association
- Japan Writers' Association
