Professor
Current Research
Education:
- 1983
- B. A., University of Tokyo (French Language and Literature)
- 1985
- M. A., University of Tokyo (Comparative Literature and Culture)
- 2003
- Ph. D., University of Tokyo (Comparative Literature and Culture)
Professional Experience:
- 2007
- Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 2005
- Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 2000
- Associate Professor, Meisei University at Ome
- 1996
- Assistant Professor, Meisei University at Ome
- 1989 - 1990
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
Specialized Fields:
Comparative literature and culture, intellectual history
Current Research Themes:
Discourses on civilization in pre-modern and modern Japan
Keywords for Research:
Intellectual history, civilization, comparative culture
Major publications:
Books
- 2006
- “Senso sekinin”ron no Shinjitsu —Sengo Nihon no Chitekitaiman wo Danzu (The Issue of the Discourses on “War Responsibility” —Judging the Intellectual Negligence of the Post-war Japan) , PHP kenkyusho.
- 2004
- “Shosha no Sabaki” ni Mukiatte —Tokyo Saiban wo Yominaosu (Confronting the “Victors’ Justice” —Rereading the Tokyo War Crimes Trial), Chikuma-shobo.
- 2003
- Beyond the “Judgment of Civilization”: The Intellectual Legacy of the Japanese War Crimes Trials, 1946-49. Translated by Steven J. Ericson, The International House of Japan. (Being the original author, I checked the translation.)
Articles
- 2005
- “War and Literature in Japan”, Bulletin of Meisei University 13.
- 2002
- “A Legacy of World War Two -The Tokyo War Crimes Trial and its Intellectual Influence upon Postwar Japan- ”, Bulletin of Meisei University 10.
Awards
- 2001
- The Yamamoto Shichihei Award
Academic Society Membership
- International Comparative Literature Association
- Japan Comparative Literature Association
- The Japanese Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
