Director of the Research Center for Korean Studies

LL.D

Historical change beteween Korea and Japan,method of Korean Language,bibliography

At the undergraduate level at Kyushu University, I am in charge of the general curriculum for Korean language education. At the graduate school level, I am in charge of the "Asian Languages and Cultures"course in the International Language and Culture major of the Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies. In this graduate school I am currently engaged in area studies research centering on the Korean Peninsula, and the topics I am presently the most involved in are Korean language pedagogy for native Japanese speakers, ethnic cultural research of the Korean Peninsula (with a focus on oral tradition and religious rituals), and the history of Japanese-Korean cultural exchange as it occurred through Korean messenger envoys (tsushinshi) and places such as Tsushima the Wakan at Busan.

Research Interests

• 1.Korean interpreter　 in Tsusima-Han during the Edo period
  2.The Collapse of Political system on the Korean Peninsula
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  4.Korean mythology
  5.The MFA (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) collection of Japanese prints
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  7.Japanese repatriate from the Korean Peninsula
  keyword : Cultural exchange between Japan and Korea,Bibliography,Korean historical study,Teaching methods of Korean ,Korean interpreter,hosentushinshi,Drifting ashore in East Asia,Oral history
  2008.04～2010.08.
• 1.South Korean culture(tales and miths)
  2.Japan-South Korea cultural exchange history(various problems regarding castaways in East Asia,problems over Tsushima,cultural exchange in East Asia,etc.
  3.Materials related to Japan remaining in East Asia
  4.Japanese living in Korea during the Japanease colonial period

Current and Past Project

• SELECTED PROJECTS AND THEIR RESULTS
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Academic Activities Membership in Academic Society

• Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　Ｏｒａｌ　Studies
• chosen Gakkai

Educational Activities

Professional and Outreach Activities