Faculty Members: Academic Areas and Research Topics
Graduate School of Humanities Major in Japanese Literature
Mayumi Abe
Professor
Japanese medieval literature
Literature of diaries and chronicles
Takamitsu Ikai
Professor
Medieval Japanese literature (particularly Noh)
Classic Noh theater research (research into Noh plays and chant book)
An Wang
Professor
Linguistics, Contrastive linguistics
Contrastive studies, Modern Chinese Grammar
Masanori Odani
Professor
Linguistics
Semantic extension, grammaticalization, and syntax networks viewed in terms of cognitive linguistics
Masayoshi Katoh
Professor
Ancient literature (latter era)
Heian era tales
Dan Koakimoto
Professor
Medieval literature
War chronicles, publishing culture of early modern times
Fumiko Kobayashi
Professor
Modern literature
Research into the literature and culture of the mid-modern ages, with a focus on Ota Nanpo and Edo kyoka (comic poetry)
Masaru Sakamoto
Professor
Ancient literature (early period)
Focus on The Kojiki and Manyoshu in Japanese ancient literature research
Steven Nelson
Professor
Japanese music historiography
Musical configuration of early liturgical texts (a type of chant written in Japanese characters in a style modeled after classical Chinese) and The Tale of the Heike, annual Heian era events and music, vocal music
Kazuo Tanaka
Professor
Contemporary and modern literature, literary criticism
To identify characteristics of modern Japanese literature and define the terms of contemporary literature from there
Kei Nakazawa
Professor
Creative writing
Novel, criticism, and essay composition
Nobuaki Nakamaru
Professor
Modern and current Japanese literature
Research into Meiji and Taisho era authors and works
Kouji Fujimura
Professor
Contemporary and modern Japanese literature
Research into post-World War II literature, contemporary authors that are carrying on the postwar literature tradition and their works
Atsushi Mamiya
Professor
Classical Japanese literature
Linguistic research into the Manyoshu, Omoro soshi, and other works
Keizo Miyamoto
Professor
Performing arts history
Noh historical research
Reiko Yamanaka
Professor
Noh research
Research into Noh works, performances, and translations of Noh chants
Seiki Endo
Associate Professor
Chinese classical literature, Japanese study of classical Chinese
Tang dynasty literature (Tang poetry, Tang dynasty romance), Chinese poetry of the last days of the Tokugawa to the Meiji period