Last Updated: 2025年08月05日
In the Japanese Studies Course, we explore human activities in Japan from a cultural point of view while positioning Japanese culture relative to various cultures in the world. We aim to address, jointly study and learn an extremely wide range of cultural and social issues from ancient to modern times concerning literature, arts, religion and philosophy. The course also provides opportunities to improve professional skills for reading ancient papers and reviewing documents, which are often required to deepen understanding of Japanese culture and society. Moreover, the course provides specialized training to students so that they can discuss Japanese culture and society by an academic process without being limited by popular views of Japan. Our objective is to nurture individuals who can discuss Japan with specialized skills and high-level academic capabilities.
| Students’ research themes | Master’s course:
Research on gender equality program of Kobe city;
A study on the source History of Onsenji-temple in Kinosaki;
A research on the thoughts of the flower arrangement practice in the Edo period;
Images of Japanese performing arts displayed in journals for national propaganda;
A Comparative Study of Horror Expressions and Characterization of Female Protagonists in Horror Games;
A historical study on the practice of gagaku at Kumamoto-Han domain. Doctoral course:
Ethnographical study on the folk music and dance for rice-planting;
A study of folk literature in connection with feudal lords in the early modern era;
A study on cultural policy on radio broadcasting in the post-war Okinawa under US military occupation;
A study on iemoto system in cha-no-yu(tea ceremony) since the modern era;
A study of the hygiene problems in East Asia in the 19th century: focusing on an open port Incheon, Korea;
A study of newspaper reports on Tottori earthquake in 1943;
Cinema that “Records” an Author: The “New Wave” and the Avant-Garde Art Movement of the 1950’s. |
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| Teaching staff | Fumiaki ITAKURA, Associate Professor
Subjects: Japanese Visual Arts.
Research fields: Japanese film studies from international and historical viewpoints. Shizue OSA, Professor
Subjects: Contemporary Japanese Society
Research fields: Modern Japanese history, specifically the War memory and Occupied Japan. Nobuyuki KONNO, Associate Professor
Subjects: Japanese Language and Culture
Research fields: Japanese intellectual history, specifically on nationalism from the 1920s to the 1940s with an awareness of history and religion. |
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