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:Education:
- 1986
- B.A., Tsukuba University
- 1988
- M. Med. Sci., Tsukuba University
- 1998
- D. Eng., Kyoto University
Professional Experience:
- 2011 - present
- Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1996 - 2011
- Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1992 - 1996
- Department of Computer Science, Division for the Visually Impaired, Tsukuba College of Technology
- 1988 - 1992
- IBM Japan
Specialized Fields:
Informatics, History of Cultural Exchange
Current Research Themes:
Informatics on the creation, dissemination, and transformation of culture
Keywords for Research:
Information, arts and crafts, creativity, Zen culture, quantity analysis, computer, digital society, intellectual properties
Major publications:
Books
- 2009
- Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West. The University of Chicago Press
- 2007
- Kaizokuban no shisō: 18 seiki eikoku no eikyū kopīraito tōsō (Philosophy of Pirated Print: Battles against Perpetual Copyright in the 18th Century Britain), Misuzu Shobō
- 2005
- Zen to yū na no Nihonmaru (Zen: A Cargo Boat of Japanese Culture), Kōbundō
- Jōhō no mikata (Introductions of Informatics), Kōbundō
- 2002
- Nihon bunka no mohō to sōzō: Orijinaritī to wa nani ka (Copy and Creation in Japanese Culture: Consideration of Originality), Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.,Ltd.
Awards
- 2007
- Monozukuri Linkage Award 2007, Special Award (Development of Electric Dictionary for Reading Japanese Historical Characters)
Service and Activities
- Visiting Scholar, Kyoto National Museum
Fellowships
- 2007-2010
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A, "Development of Data-Mining Resources for Pre-modern Japanese Historical-spatial Analysis"
- 2004-2006
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A (2), "Development of Data-Mining Resources for Pre-modern Japanese Concepts"
- 2002
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (1), "A Study on the Improvement of Historical Character Recognition System"
- 2001-2003
- Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research, "Toward the Scientific Style Analysis of Buddhist Statues: A Cognitive Engineering Study"
- 1999-2001
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (1), "Development of a Historical Document Analysis Supporting System Using Handwritten OCR Technology"
- 1999-2001
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (1), "Intelligent Informatical Study of Historical Document Analyzing Process"
Academic Society Membership
- Information Processing Society of Japan
- Japanese Academy of Budō
- Association for Asian Studies
