Faculty Members
Major in Humanities
Philosophy
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Takuro ONISHI, Associate Professor
Logic, Philosophy of Logic
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Takashi KAKUNI, Professor
Western Philosophy
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Daisuke KAMEI, Professor
Contemporary French Philosophy, Contemporary Thought
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Takashi SUZUKI, Associate Professor
Phenomenology in German-speaking Regions
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Nobutoshi NAGAMORI, Associate Professor
Philosophy and Ethics in Early Modern Europe
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Yoshinori HAYASHI, Professor
Ethics, Applied Ethics
Educational Anthropology
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Yusuke UNO, Professor
Educational Anthropology, Folklore Literature
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Tomoko KANO, Professor
Contemplative Education, Educational Anthropology
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Takashi KAWANABE, Associate Professor
Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology
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Atsuko TSUJI, Associate Professor
Clinical Pedagogy, Educational Anthropology
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Katsumi TOBINO, Professor Emeritus
Educational Anthropology, Laughter Studies
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Takuo NISHIMURA, Professor
Educational Anthropology, Educational Philosophy, History of Educational Thought
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Hiroyuki FUKUHARA, Professor
Educational Anthropology, Psychology
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Miho FUYAMA, Associate Professor
Cognitive Science
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Masateru YAMAMOTO, Professor Emeritus
Psychotherapy, Psychological Assessment
Japanese Literature and Linguistics
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Setsuko ARITA, Professor
Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Language Education
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Tomoko OKAZAKI, Professor
Japanese Linguistics, History of Japanese Language
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Hideki OGURA, Professor
Corpus Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Language Policy
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Yoshimasa KAGEI, Professor
Japanese Classical Literature
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Sachiko KAWASAKI, Professor
Classical Japanese Literature
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Kazunari TAKIMOTO, Professor Emeritus
Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature and Art
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Michiaki TAGUCHI, Professor
Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature and Poetry
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Yoshitada NAITOU, Professor
Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
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Dai NAKAMOTO, Professor
Medieval Japanese Literature, Comparative Literature of Japan and China
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Ikuyo HANAZAKI, Professor
Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature, Postwar Japanese Literature
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Takakazu FUJIWARA,
Professor EmeritusJapanese Mythology, Ancient Japanese Song and Dance
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Tomohumi YOSHIMI, Associate Professor
Animation, Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature
Chinese Literature and Thought
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Mamiko ISHII, Professor
Ancient Chinese Thought, Excavated Documents
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Masaki HAGIWARA, Professor
Classical Chinese Literature, Japanese Traditional Chinese Poetry
English and American Literature
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Ryota KANAYAMA, Professor
19th-century English Novels, English Popular Drama including Operetta
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Atsushi SUGIMURA, Associate Professor
American Literature and Culture
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Harumi TAKEMURA, Professor
British Literature, Cultural History of Early Modern Britain
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Yuko NAKAGAWA, Professor Emerita
English and American Literature, Gender
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Hitomi NAKAMURA, Associate Professor
Irish Literature (mainly Poetry and Fiction), Literary Translation
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Nathaniel H. PRESTON, Professor
English and American Literature
Japanese History
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Soichiro OHTA, Professor
Medieval Japanese History, Japanese Religious History
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Motoaki OZEKI, Professor
Modern Japanese History, Modern Japanese Intellectual History
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Satoshi TANAKA, Professor
Japanese History (Ancient History and Historiography), Kyoto Studies
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Tetsuya TANI, Professor
Early Modern Japanese History, Japanese Political History
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Hirokazu TSUJI, Professor
Japanese Medieval History, Japanese Cultural History, History of Japanese Performing Arts
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Makoto HIGASHIJIMA, Professor
Mediology, Spiritual History of "Connection"
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Masatsugu HONGO, Professor Emeritus
Ancient Japanese History, Japanese Religious History
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Kei MIKAWA, Professor Emeritus
Medieval Japanese History
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Motoki MIZUGUCHI, Professor
Ancient Japanese History, East Asian Cultural History
East Asian History
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Mitsuyuki INOUE, Professor
Cultural, Social and Environmental History of Early Modern China
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Yuji TAKATORI, Professor
Ancient Chinese History, Studies of Chinese Wooden Tablets
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Yasunobu MATSUMOTO, Professor
Chinese History, History of the Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties Period
European and Islamic History
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Ichiro OZAWA, Professor
Modern and Contemporary West Asian History
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Isao KOBAYASHI, Professor
Byzantine Empire, Mediterranean World
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Hidetoshi TAKAHASHI, Professor Emeritus
Contemporary German History, Historical Sociology
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Kazuhiro NOSE, Associate Professor
Modern Western History, History of European Integration
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Tamon BABA, Professor
Medieval Islamic History, Indian Maritime History
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Takako MORINAGA, Professor
Modern Russian Social and Economic History
Cultural Dynamics Studies
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Takahiro UEDA, Professor
Western Art History, Comparative Art Studies
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Yasuhiko KARASAWA, Professor
Military History
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Kosuke KUNISHI, Associate Professor
European (with a focus on Italian) Literature and Philosophy
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Michiru KODERA, Associate Professor
Musicology, Sound Studies
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Masaki SAKIYAMA, Professor
Latin American Intellectual History, Area Studies
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Naoto SUDO, Professor
Comparative Literature
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Tetsuo CHIKAWA, Associate Professor
French Literature, French Drama
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Asako NAGASAWA, Professor
German Intellectual History
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Tadao NAKAMURA, Professor
Cultural Anthropology, Mythology
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Takahiro NISHIBAYASHI, Professor
Buddhist Art History, Japanese and Oriental Art History
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Naomi MIYAMOTO, Professor
Music Sociology, Cultural Sociology
Modern East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Yuka ANZAKO, Professor
Modern and Contemporary Korean History, History of International Relations
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Ryuzo UENO, Professor
Chinese Films, Classical Chinese Literature
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Mitsuaki SASSA, Professor
Religious Studies, Modern Korean History
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Yusuke MISU, Professor
Modern Chinese Drama, Taiwanese Literature
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Hajime MIYAUCHI, Professor
Modern Chinese History, Chinese Social History
Languages, Cultures, and Area Studies of English Speaking Countries
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Keiko WELLS, Professor Emerita
American Literature and Culture, Comparative Literature and Culture
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Hiroki OKAMOTO, Associate Professor
Medieval English Literature, History of English Language and Culture
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Manako OGAWA, Professor
American Studies, American History
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Shinsuke SATSUMA, Professor
History (Early Modern British History, Colonial American History, Atlantic History)
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Hiroyuki NEMOTO, Professor
Second Language Acquisition based on Sociolinguistics and Sociocultural Theories
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Meyu YAMAMOTO, Associate Professor
South African Studies, Africa-Asia Relations
Major in Informatics of Behavior and Cultures
Geography and Regional Tourism Studies
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Hideki ENDO, Professor
Sociology of Tourism, Contemporary Culture
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Mayumi ONO, Associate Professor
International Retirement Migration, Lifestyle Migration, Long-stay Tourism, Migrant Care Workers
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Masahiro KATO, Professor
Human Geography
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Kazuhito KAWASHIMA, Professor Emeritus
Historical Geography, Irish Studies
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Naomi KAWASUMI, Professor
Historical Geography
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Norifumi KAWAHARA, Professor
Historical Geography, Modern Japanese Immigration History
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Koji KANDA, Professor
Cultural Geography, Tourism
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Shinji KOGA, Professor
Urban Geography
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Yukio TERATOKO, Associate Professor
Rural Geography, Social Geography
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Kazumasa HANAOKA, Professor
Geographic Information Science, Human Geography
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Kohei MATSUNAGA, Associate Professor
Natural Geography, Environmental Studies
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Akio MURANAKA, Professor
Human Geography, Environmental and Disaster Studies
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Keiji YANO, Professor
Human Geography, Geographic Information Science
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Rika YAMAMOTO, Professor
Cultural Geography, landscape Theory
Digital Humanities for Arts and CulturesThe Major in Digital Humanities for Arts and Cultures will stop admitting students from April 2026 onwards
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Ryo AKAMA, Professor
Japanese Culture, Digital Humanities for Arts and Cultures
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Naomi KAWASUMI, Professor
Historical Geography
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Keiji YANO, Professor
Human Geography, Geographic Information Science
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
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Ryo OKADERA, Professor
Japanese Archaeology (Historical Period)
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Masaaki KIDACHI, Professor
Ceramics Archaeology, Folk Archaeology
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Tomoko NAGATOMO, Professor
Japanese Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology
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Yutaka NAKAMURA, Professor
Japanese Archaeology (Paleolithic and Jomon Eras)
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Kenichi YANO,
Professor EmeritusArcheology