Faculty

Director-General

INOUE Shōichi

History of manners and customs

Deputy Directors-General

Frederik CRYNS

History of the Sengoku period, interaction between the Western world and Japan

MATSUDA Toshihiko

History of Japanese and Korean relations

Full-time Faculty

Professors

Research Division

ARAKI Hiroshi

Japanese literature

Research Division

ISODA Michifumi

Japanese history

Research Division

ISOMAE Jun'ichi

Religious studies, critical theory

Research Division

ITŌ Takayuki

History of Chinese thought, cultural interaction in East Asia, comparative culture

Research Division

USHIMURA Kei

Comparative literature and culture, intellectual history

Research Division

ENOMOTO Wataru

Medieval history of international exchange

Research Division

ŌTSUKA Eiji

History of the arts of manga, study of the creation of manga, history of modern literature

Research Division

KUSUNOKI Ayako

Japanese political and diplomatic history, security studies

Research Division

KURAMOTO Kazuhiro

History of ancient Japan

Research Division

Timon SCREECH

Art history and history of the Edo period

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information

SEKINO Tatsuki

Informatics

Research Division

ZHAN Xiaomei

History of artistic connections between Japan and China in the modern age

Research Division

TAKII Kazuhiro

Constitutional history, comparative legal history

Research Division

YASUI Manami

Japanese folklore, cultural anthropology

Research Division

YAMADA Shōji

Informatics, history of cultural exchange

Research Division

LIU Jianhui

History of cultural connections between Japan and China

Associate Professors

Research Division

KATAOKA Mai

Modern Japanese literature, comparative literature

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information

Edward BOYLE

Border studies, heritage studies, geopolitics, cartography

Assistant Professors

International Research Planning Office

MATSUGI Hiromi

Art history, art studies

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information

MITSUHIRA Yūki

History of music therapy

Specially Appointed Faculty (Domestic)

Assistant Professors

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information

KOMAI Sachi

Cultural studies, contemporary Japanese literature

International Research Planning Office

Oliver WHITE

Japanese literature

Research Fellows

Research Division

AKIYAMA Kaori

History of Japanese in Hawai'i

Research Division

UENO Katsuyuki

Cultural history of ancient and medieval Japan

Research Division

ŌMURA Kazuma

Political thought, political theory

Research Division

GOZA Yūichi

Japanese medieval history

Research Division

ZHUANG Hanqi

Oriental history

Research Division

TAMURA Miyuki

Modern Japanese literature

Research Division

NISHIMURA Masahiko

History of U.S.-Japan relations, international relations

Project Research Fellows

Research Division

SAKA Chihiro

Buddhist art history, folk religion

Research Division

SHUNTŌ Ken'ichi

Study of human animal relations, history of aigo culture

Research Division

NISHIDA Shōichi

History of modern Japan, history of political thought

Visiting Faculty (Domestic)

Professors

ENDŌ Masayuki

Fetal diagnosis and treatment

KAWASHIMA Kohei

History of sport, American studies

KIM Taeho

Japanese medieval history

TOHMATSU Haruo

Diplomatic and war history

TOYODA Hiroaki

History of capital city planning in East Asia, history of palace structure in East Asia, history of gardens

PARK Sang Mi

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HORI Madoka

比較文学、日本近現代文学、境界者の文芸文化

Associate Professors

SHOJI Ayako

History of ancient Japan

SEKIGUCHI Hiroshi

A history of modern Japan

TAKEUCHI Rio

Cultural sociology, educational sociology

HAMANO Seiichirō

History of Japanese political thought

Visiting Research Scholars

LEE Aesook

Heian Monogatari, literature education

WEI Min

Legal history, comparative law

WANG Xinsheng

Japanese history and Japanese politics

YEN Hsinju

History of modern Taiwan, history of Japanese immigrants, social and cultural history

HUANG Tzu-Chin

Modern Sino-Japanese relations, modern Japanese history of diplomacy

Daniel SCHLEY

Japanese history of Ideas, especially late Heian- and Kamakura period (12th–14th century). Studies on Watsuji Tetsurō

Clelia Florence ZERNIK

Art philosphy

Mario TALAMO

Literature of the late Edo period

Dennitza Stefanova GABRAKOVA

Environmental humanities, cultural diplomacy

Hasan TOPACOGLU

Cultural studies, media events, memory, identity, oral history

PARK Jae-Hwan

Japanese lingusitic

Alireza REZAEE

Comparative religion、comparative cultural studies

Visiting Research Fellows

Visiting Research Fellows

HE Xiaojing

Theory of gardening

Mats Arne KARLSSON

Modern Japanese literature, Japanese cinema

SHOU Shushu

History of cultural exchange between China and Janpan

LI Ye

History of cultural connections between Japan and China

LIAO Chin Ping

日本哲学、東アジア哲学、比較哲学

JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists

MORIOKA Yuki

Comparative literature and culture of Japan and China

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan

Jamila RODRIGUES

Anthropology, embodiment and ritual studies

ZHANG Xiaoming

Japanese intellectual history studies; Mencius studies in early modern Japan

JF Research Fellows

Michaela KELLY

Cultural anthropology

WANG Rui

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Specially Appointed Researcher

TAKATA Yuki

Linguistics

NEGAWA Sachio

Migration history, maritime history, cultural studies

Japanese Private Institution Research Fellows

URUSHIZAWA Sonoko

History of the performing arts in Japan Japaniese social and cultural history