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| Name | OOMURA, Takuo |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Medieval Histor |
| Current Research Theme: | Urban and Commercial History of the Osaka Bay Area in the Middle Ages: Owada, Kawajiri and Watanabe in the 12th-14th Centuries |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | Theoretical Viewpoints on the Study of Medieval
Historical Documents, Tokyodo Shuppan, 1996 (collaboration) Pre-modern Cities in Japan: How to Analyze Them, Aoki Shoten, 2002 (collaboration) |
| Articles: | "Toba and Yodo in the Early Middle Ages,"
Study in Japanese History, vol. 459, 2000. "Some Problems of the Traffic on the River Yodo in the Middle Ages," Medieval Earthware Study, XVI, 2002 "Urban Development of Saga in the Middle Ages and the Traffic on the River Oi," Studies in Urban Cultures, vol. 3, 2004 "Kyoto in the Muromachi Era and the Estates of the Rokujo-Hachiman Shrine," The Historical Journal of Japan by Osaka City University, vol. 7, 2004 |
| Name | NIKAIDO,Yuko |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Urban Sociology |
| Current Research Theme: | The Sociological Studies of Community Formation
and Multi-cultural Symbiosis in Urban Society Through fieldwork in Ikuno Ward, Osaka, I'm planning to clarify the connection between the formation of a new urban community and the establishment of multiracial collaboration. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | Nikaido,Yuko, "The Combination Mechanism of Ethnic Relations." Tomio Tani,, ed., Combination and Separation in Ethnic Relations. Minerva Shobo,(2002) |
| Articles: | Nikaido, Yuko, The Urban Sociological Studies
of Community Based Welfare and Ethnic Relations. Ph.D. Dissertation
from Osaka City University(2004) Nikaido,Yuko, "One Consideration Regarding the Formation of a Multiracial Community and Social Security : From an example of Koreans in Japan." Studies in Urban Cultures, vol.4,(2004). Nikaido,Yuko, "The Development Process of Community Based Welfare Activities in Mixed Race Community. " The Annals of Japan Association for Urban Sociology, vol.21,(2003). Nikaido,Yuko, "The Possibility of Collaboration on Community Based Welfare Activities with Other Races : An Ikuno Ward, Osaka Case Study. " Social Analysis, vol.30,(2003). Nikaido,Yuko, "Ethnic Relations and Urban Community : From an example of Korean Society in Japan and Japanese Society." The Annuals of Sociological Association,O.C.U.,vol.2,(2001). |
| Presentations: | Nikaido,Yuko, "Community Based Welfare by
Multiracial Collaboration in an Urban Community : From a result
of Hearing Investigation of Ethnic Organizations in Ikuno Ward,
Osaka." May 28, 2005, 56th Conferences of Kansai Sociological Association
in Osaka City University Nikaido,Yuko, "The Idea about Community of the Citizenry of Inchon, Korea : Investigation about Consciousness." |
| Name | MATSUNAGA, Hiroaki |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Sociology |
| Current Research Theme: | A Study in Social Functions of an Audience
in the Modern Japanese Penal System The study analyzes methods of opening criminal justice to the public in modern Japan. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | 1999, "Bullying and the Structure of
the School System," Japanese Journal of Sociological Criminology,
(24): 113-128. 2000, "Social Factors of the Abolition of Punishment in Public Space," Japanese Journal of Sociological Criminology, (25): 86-102. 2001, "Collective Consciousness of the Public in the Penal System: The Case of 'Renzoku-shasatsu," The Sociology of Law, (54): 204-219. 2002, "Normality and Abnormality of Norms in Modern Societies," The Annual of Sociological Association, O.C.U., (3): 27-38. 2004, "Criminal Justice and an Audience in Japan: A Study in the Prototype of the Modern Penal System," Doctoral Thesis. |
| Presentations: | 1999, "Dynamics of the Abolition of Punishment
in Public Space" 2000, "An Aspect of the Public in the Penal System: The Case of 'Renzoku-shasatsu" 2001, "Social Factors of the Birth of the Public in Penal System" 2003, "Social Factors of the Birth of the Open Trial" 2004, "Crime News and Modern Legal Order" |
| Miscellaneous: | 2004 (trans.), Michael S. Sweeney, Secrets
of Victory: The Office of Censorship and the American Press and Radio in World War |
| Name | MURAI, Ryosuke |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Medieval History |
| Current Research Theme: | Relationship between Feudal Lords and the Local Market: Development of the Estates of the Mori and Gohojo Families and the Urban Economy. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "The Household Retinues of the Kobayakawa
Family in Aki: its Membership and Chracteristics," The Japanese
Journal of Paleography, No.52, 2000 "A New Viewpoint for the Study in Sengoku-daimyo: An Examination of the Household Retinues of Feudal Lords," For New History, No.241 (2001) "Local Structure of the Bingo Area in the Period from Medieval to Early Modern Ages." Historical Science, No.168 (2002) "The Mouri Family's Rule on San'in District in the Period of the Civil Wars: Examination of the Kikkawa Family's Documents," T. Yata, ed., The Power and Documents in the Sengoku Period, Takashi-shoin, 2004 "Organization of the Mouri Family, the Feudal Lords in the Ages of the Civil Wars, and Its Household Retinues," Historia No.193, 2005 |
| Presentations: | "An Examination of "kobayakawa-ke Zahai
kakitate," Society for the Study of Diplomatics in Japan, Osaka
City University, 1999 "Local Structure of the Bingo Area in the Period from Medieval to Early Modern Ages." Osaka Association of Historical Sciences, Kansai University, 2001 "The Mouri Family's Rule on the San'yo District: A Bell Affair in Jodo-ji Temple in Onomichi City," Society for Sengoku-Syokuho Period Studies, 2001 "The Mouri Family's Rule of the San'in District: An Examination of the Kikkawa Family's Documents," Society for Sengoku-Syokuho Period Studies, 2003 "Organization of the Mouri Family, the Feudal Lords in the Ages of the Civil Wars, and its Household Retinues," Osaka Historical Association, Osaka University, 2004 |
| Miscellaneous: | History of Izumisano: New Edition, vol. 4,
Historical Sources, I. The Early Stages of Sengoku Period, II. The
Late Sengoku and Shokuho Period Report on the Estates in the Kinokawa River Valley Area, vol. II, The Estates in the Ono Area. |
| Name | NAKABAYASHI, Takayuki |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Ancient History |
| Current Research Theme: | Japanese ancient city and political process
from the viewpoint of Buddhism. I would like to investigate the political process in the second half of the 8th through the first half of the 9th century from the viewpoint of urban cultural integrity. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "The Buddhist Organization in the Ancient
Japanese State" Ph. D. Thesis, March 2005. "The Buddhism ceremony of Chanting the sacred Books: to protect the State," Letters in Ancient Japan, vol. 4, Letters and Gods, Yoshikawakoubunkan, forthcoming |
| Presentations: | "Repentance Ceremony in Buddhism and Kingship:
The synchronization of the Buddhism and the Shinto and repentance
ceremony in Buddhism," On April 24, 2004, COE society (A team) "Discovery Ceremony of the Bone of Buddha Performed by the Emperor Shoutoku and the Priest Doukyou," October 23, 2004, COE society (A team) "The Empress Fujiwara Koumyousi and faith in Shoutokutaisi," On February 27 , 2005 Science research-funds research (base research (B)) (1) in the 16th year of Heisei |
| Miscellaneous: | "History of the City of Joetsu," General History,
vol. 1, Ancient History, Chapter II, Section IV, December, 2004. "History of the Town of Shingu," Historical Sources, Ancient Historical Sources, 2005 publication expected |
| Name | NAWA, Kuniko |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Traditional Drama in the Early Modern Ages |
| Current Research Theme: | Public entertainments and literature in Kyoto and Osaka in the Early Modern Ages: Literary Activities of Kino Kaion, a Playwright of the Toyotake-za Theatrical Company. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | Commentaries on Joururi Plays, Institute of
the Performance Arts of National Theater, 1988-1999 Vol. 5, Nisizawa Ippu & Namiki Sousuke: Genke-sitidaisyu, pp.211-219; Futabareijin-azumanohinagata, pp. 258-265 Vol. 6, Tamenaga Tarobe and Asada Ittyou: Zouho-daibutuden-manndainoisizue, pp.219-233 Vol. 7, Playwrights in Edo : Kamakurayama-midorinokachidoki, pp.464～478. Vol.8, Nisiki Bunryu and others: Koumyo-daifukuchou, pp.40-47; Sakurahime-shizuno-himesakura, pp.97-111 A Collection of Oku-joururi, ed., H. Sakaguchi, Izumishoin, 1994, Chap. 19, Chikubujimanogohondi, Text Edition, pp.312～329, Commentary and Bibliography, pp.624-626 The 350th Anniversary of the Birth of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Izumishoin, Explanations on the illustrations of "Takaragura", Oku-joururi "Tengunodairi," "Sikihyourin"," Meidonohikyaku", "Keisei-sandogasa" and hotokegozen-oginoikusa, 2003.
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| Articles: | "The Friendship of Kaion and Keichu: Described
in "Senkanotsue"," The Dramatic Seminar Bulletin, Vol.29,
Jun. 2003 "A Study of Keisei-Yamauba-Miyakono-Toshidama," Studies in Urban Cultures, Vol.3, 2004, pp.15-25 "A Study of Kino Kaion: The True Face of a Literary man of Early Modern Kyoto," The Academic Report of COE International Symposium, 2005 |
| Presentations: | The Friendship of Kaion and Keichu: Described
in "Senkanotsue", Kabuki Society, 2001, at Baika Women's
College A sStudy of Kino Kaion: The True Face of a Literary man of Early Modern Kyoto, COE International Symposium, "City and Fiction/Reality," 2004, Media Center in Osaka City University |
| Miscellaneous: | Text Edition: Senkanotsue, Study in History of Japanese Literature. vol. 45, 2005
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| Name | WATANABE, Shoko |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Early Modern History |
| Current Research Theme: | The merchants' guilds in the Early Modern
Japanese Cities Social Structure of Japanese Early Modern cities |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Merchants and their "ie" household in "Doshou-machi"
community of Early Modern Osaka," Historical Journal, 106-11 (1997) "Brokers of Medical Raw Materials," in Peripheral Status in Early Modern Japan, ed., N. Yoshida, Yosikawa Koubunkan, 2000 "The Trade Union of Chinese and Japanese Medicines in Osaka," in Urban Space and Social Structure in Early Modern Osaka, ed., T. Tsukada, 2001 "The Trade Union of the Brokers of Medicines and Wholesalers of Chinese Medicines," Studies in Urban Cultures, 1 (2001) "The Organizations of Wholesalers in Osaka," Urban Development and Structure in Osaka, ed., T. Tsukada, Yamakawa Shuppansya, 2004 |
| Miscellaneous: | The Trade Union of Chinese and Japanese Medicines in Osaka, Symposium: Urban Development and Structure in Early Modern Osaka, at Osaka City University, March 2003 |
| Name | SUGIYAMA, Kazuaki |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Social and Cultural Geography |
| Current Research Theme: | A geographical study concerning the transfiguration
of social environments surrounding young people in contemporary
Japan. The aim of this study is to illustrate the points of controversy concerning the transfiguration of social environments surrounding young people in contemporary Japan in three aspects: transformation of the labor market, their behavior of public spaces and the formation of consumption spaces. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | Sugiyama K., 'The Amusement quarter in the
night constructed as social space: A case study of EKIMAE district
in Toyama city', Japanese Journal of Human Geography(Jimbun Chiri)
51(4), 1999, pp. 396-409. (JE) Sugiyama K., 'The relationship between coverage in local newspapers and the organization of purification acts：The movement of 'harmful' environments for juveniles' problems in Toyama prefecture', Geographical Sciences(Chiri-Kagaku) 57(2), 2002, pp. 73-89. (JE) Sugiyama K., 'The construction of 'harmful' environments for the juveniles through the rhetoric of social problems and geographical scale: The case study of social problems with telephone dating services in Toyama prefecture', Geographical Review of Japan(Chirigakuhyoron) 75(11), 2002, pp. 644-666. (JE) Sugiyama K., 'Geographies of youth: research points concerning the "cultural turn" of Anglophone human geography', Japanese Journal of Human Geography(Jimbun Chiri) 55(1), 2003, pp. 26-42. (JE) Sugiyama K., 'End of public spaces and foundations of media and space control? Thinking of the disneyfication of urban spaces and youth activities', URC toshi kagaku (57), 2003, pp. 31-38(J) |
| Name | ZUSHI, Nobutada |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | European Medieval History |
| Current Research Theme: | The influence of the French monarchy and the
inquisition on medieval southern France This research investigates how documents were written down and used in the city of Toulouse in the Middle Ages so that the role of documents in communicative acts and the relationship between orality and literacy may be clarified |
| Name | SAEKI, Daisuke |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Psychology |
| Current Research Theme: | Cross-cultural study of behavior characteristics
of people living in urban are as from the viewpoint of discounting. Decrease in the reward value as the increase in the number of people sharing the reward will be compared between people living in Osaka and Warsaw by questionnaires |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | Saeki, D., & Ito, M. 1997, "An integration
of cognitive and behavioral studies of decision and choice under
uncertainty." Japanese Journal of Behavior Analysis, 11, 56-70. Saeki, D. 2001,"Temporal discounting and time preference,"Japanese Journal of Behavior Analysis, 16, 154-169. Ito, M., & Saeki, D. 2003" Behavioral characteristics of people of Osaka and the problem of bicycles illegally parked on the pavement: A cross-regional comparison. "Studies in Urban Cultures, 2, 101-111. Saeki, D., & Ito, M. 2004 "A psychological approach to the problem of bicycles illegally parked on pavements." Studies in Urban Cultures, 4, 44-55. Ito, M., & Saeki, D. 2004 "Behavioral characteristics of people living in urban areas from standpoints of selfishness and conformity: A cross-regional comparison of Osaka and other cities." Studies in Urban Cultures, 4, 98-105. |
| Presentations: | Saeki, D., & Ito, M. 1999 "Discounting
of shared reward and choice of cooperation in the dilemma situation
in humans: Is the discounting rate correlated with choice in a dilemma
situation?" The 63rd Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological
Association Ito, M., & Saeki, D. 2000, "Discounting of shared reward and selfishness," The 27th International Congress of Psychology Ito, M., & Saeki, D. 2000 " Discounting of shared reward in humans: An examination of reward amount effect," The 64th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association Ito, M., & Saeki, D. 2002, "How selfish Japanese students are: A cross-cultural comparison of discounting of shared rewards among Japan, Korea, and USA." The 66th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association Saeki, D., & Ito, M. 2004 "Temporal and probabilistic discounting: An explanation of reward amount effect by the weight to the reward amount." The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychonomic Society |
| Name | TAKAHATA, Sachi |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | urban sociology, ethnic relations, urban ethnicity |
| Current Research Theme: | "Cooperation" of Japanese local organizations
and ethnic communities in the amusement center of the metropolis This study is aimed to give policy implications for a smooth "integration" of the foreign residents in the urban area of Japan, which has witnessed a massive influx of migrants since the 1980's. The Sakae-Higashi area of Nagoya City, Japan, has been chosen as a research site, where the researcher has continued her participant observation of how Filipino migrants are being "included" in the local Japanese community. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "The "Inclusion" of Foreign Residents in the
Local Community Organizations: Example of Sakae-Higashi Area, Nagoya
City", The Annals of Japan Sociological Association for Social Analysis,
Fukuoka: Japan Sociological Association for Social Analysis, 2004,
pp.49-66. "Intermarriage and Family: the Mutual Assistance among Filipino Migrants in Japan at the Times of Childbirth and Childcare", Yuka Ishii (ed.) The Settlement and Life of Migrants in Japan, Tokyo: Akashi Shoten Publishing House, 2003, pp.255-292. "The Families in the Area of Migrants' Residential Concentration", Tomio Tani (ed.) Association and Dissociation in Inter-ethnic Relationships, Kyoto: Minerva Shobo Publishing House, 2002, pp.201-279. "Local Government Policies for Foreign Residents in Kinki Region, Japan: from the Viewpoint of the Typology of Local Community", Journal of Japan Association for Urban Sociology, No. 19, Tokyo: Japan Association for Urban Sociology, 2001, pp.159-174. "Ethnic Barriers and the Barrier of Social Stratum: Life Histories of Ethnic Koreans in Japan", Sociology Today, No. 11, Tokyo: Sociological Association of Ochanomizu Women's University, 2001, pp.21-35. |
| Presentations: | Japan Sociological Society (20 November 2004
in Kumamoto University): "Foreign Residents and Hosting Local Community:
theCase of Sakae-Higashi Area, Naka Ward, Nagoya City" Japan Sociological Society (12 October 2003 in Chuo University): "Re-integration of Returning Migrants in the Local Community of the Philippines: Cases of Communities in Manila City and the Province of Laguna" Japan Association for Urban Sociology (6 September 2003, Seikei University) "The "Co-existence" with Foreign Residents in the Amusement Center of Urban Metropolis: Case of Nagoya City" Japan Sociological Association for Social Analysis (19 July 2003, Kyushu University): "Inclusion of Foreign Residents in the Local Community Organization in the Urban Center: the Case of Sakae-Higashi Area, Naka Ward, Nagoya City" Kansai Sociological Association (24 May 2003, Ohtemon University): "Perceptions of Local Residents in the City Center of the Rapidly Increasing Foreign Population: Results of Questionnaire Survey of Japanese Residents in Sakae-Higashi Area, Nagoya City" |
| Miscellaneous: | "The Little Manila in Sakae-Higashi Area,
Nagoya City" Ochi-kochi, No. 3, The Japan Foundation (ed.), Tokyo:
Yamakawa Publishing House, 2005, p.32 "The Filipinos in Japan: A Community with a Growing 2nd Generation" Hiroshi Shoji (ed.) The Multicultural Japan: Life of Migrants in Japan (Special catalogue for the exhibition", Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 2004, pp.105-111 "Language as a Passport ? Filipino Language" The Monthly Journal of Language, March 2004, Tokyo: Taishukan Publishing House, 2004, pp.92-95. |
| Name | HOJO, Jio |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Social Philosophy |
| Current Research Theme: | Will communication theory get over the rupture
between "citizens"? I want to seek the possibility for a comprehensive citizen movement. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Kant's theory about time in "Critique of
Pure Reason"," M. A. Thesis "Kant's theory about time in Critique of Pure Reason," JIBUN RONSO, the post- graduate course of the Faculty of Literature Osaka City University, Volume 30, 2002 "Kant's theory about time in Critique of Pure Reason －Time in sensibility and Time in understnding," JIBUN RONSO, the post graduate course of the Faculty of Literature Osaka City University Volume 31,2003 "Kant's Eyes on the Frontier City of Konigsberg : Reconsideration of Kant's Physical Geography," Studies in Urban Cultures 5, Urban-Culture Research Center,2005 |
| Presentations: | Time theory of Kant in the Critique of Pure
Reason－Time in sensibility and Time in understnding, Japanese Studygroup
of Immanuel Kant Time in Experience in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Japanese Society of Existential Thought vol.12 ,2003 Time in Experience in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, O.C.U. Philosphy Colloquium, the 19th meeting, 20 December 2003 |
| Miscellaneous: | Kant's Eyes on the Frontier City of Konigsberg : Reconsideration of Kant's Physical Geography, UrbanCulture Research Center, Osaka City University, C-team 19th academic meeting, May 2004. |
| Name | SHIMADA, Katsuhiko |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Modern History of Japan |
| Current Research Theme: | Historical and comparative urban cultural studies; Social structures of cities and villages in modern Japan; Structures of Local Rule; Rice riots and social structures of Modern Japanese Cities |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Ownership of Mountains and Forests in the
Domains of the Matsuo-ji Temple in the Early Modern Ages," History
of the City of Izumi, vol. 5, 2000 "The Management of the Sefuku-ji Temple and Ownership of Mountains in the Modern Ages," History of the City of Izumi, vol. 6, 2001 "Contractors of Laborers in the Cities in 1920s and 1930s," Historia, vol. 175, 2001 "Harbor Transportation and Laborers in Osaka Port before World War II," Historia, 178, 2002 "The Rice Riots and Local Communities," T. Tsukada, Ed., Urban Development and Structures in Osaka, Yamakawa-syuppansya, 2004 |
| Presentations: | "Harbor Transportation and Laborers in Osaka
Port before World War II," Osaka Historical Society, Session of
Modern History, at Kansai University, 2001 "A Comment on R. Sasaki's Paper," Society of Historical Science in Osaka, at Osaka City University, 2002 |
| Miscellaneous: | Book Review: T. Sugihara, People Across the
Borderlines, Studies in Japanese History, 451, 2000 "A Comment on R. Sasaki's Paper," Historical Science, vol. 172, 2003 "Book Review: K. Ooishi and F. Kanazawa, Studies on the Modern Japanese Cities, Historical Science, vol. 177, 2004 |
| Name | FURUNO, Mitsugu |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Medieval History |
| Current Research Theme: | Transformation of the political powers and their control of cities in the later Middle Ages. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Local Rule and the Authority of "Shugo" in
the Later Middle Ages," Historia, 168, 2000 "The Development of the Sho Family, a Vassal of the Hosokawa Family, and Their Local Government," The Annual Journal of Japanese Medieval History, 27, 2002 "The Viewpoints on the Local Government in the Later Middle Ages," The Historical Journal of Japan by OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, 6, 2003 "The Control by the Hosokawa Family of Commerce and Cities in the Settu and Izumi Area," From Naniwanomiya to Osaka, Urban-Culture Research Center, 2004 "The Syugo System and the Power of the Hosokawa Family under the Muromachi Shogunate," Journal of Japanese History, 510, 2005 |
| Miscellaneous: | Edition: The Document of The Imanishi Family
Serving under the Kasugataisya Shrine, The Board of Education in
Toyonaka City, 2004. A New History of Izumisano, 5, Izumisano City, 2001 (Collaboration) A New History of Izumisano, 4, Izumisano City, 2004(Collaboration) |
| Name | YAMASHITA, Soichi |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Early Modern History |
| Current Research Theme: | Local Society of the Seto Inland Sea Area in the 19th Century: Mitajiri Salt Pans and Land Development |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Performance Shows in the Hagi Feudal Dominion,"
Annals of the Urban Studies, vol. 10, 2002. "Cargo Ship Owners in the 19th Century Mitajiri Area of Suo Country," Studies in Urban Cultures, vol. 2, 2003 "Six Salt Pans in 19th Century Mitajiri," The Historical Study of Japan by Osaka City University, vol. 7, 2004 "Social Structure of the Mitajiri Salt Pans in the Middle of the 19th Century: Administration of the Guild," Historia, vol. 193, 2005 |
| Presentations: | "Performance Shows in the Hagi Feudal Dominion:
Land Development and Theatrical Entertainment," Society of Urban
History, 2001. "Social Structure of the Mitajiri Salt Pans," Historical Society of Osaka, 2004 |
| Name | OOKURA, Yuji |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Sociology |
| Current Research Theme: | How urban lower strata have changed and what
condition lower laborers have worked on, after the high economic
growth period The research aims to clarify how urban lower strata have changed and what condition lower laborers have worked in after the high economic growth period. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Bullying and The Structure of the School
System," Japanese Journal of Sociological Criminology, No.24,
1999 "The Increase of NOJUKU-SYA (a.k.a. Homeless) and the Casual Labour Market," Journal of Social Problems, No.17, 2002 "Nojuku-sya and Precarious Employment," Shidai Shakaigaku No.3, Sociological Association, O.C.U. 2002 "Job History of Nojuku-sya," Shidai Shakaigaku No.4 Sociological Association, O.C.U. 2003 |
| Name | ADACHI, Masatoshi |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Modern Japanese Literature :Meiji and Taisyo tanka (a 31-syllable Japanese poem) |
| Current Research Theme: | The formation of modern Japanese city culture:
tankas and poems. Analysis of Kaika Shindai Kasyu〔anthology of tanka in the early period of Meji〕 |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Presentations: | "The design and expression of Saito Mokichi's "Ohiro," The 48th Meeting of the Association of WAKA Poetry Studies, October 27, 2002 |
| Miscellaneous: | "Annotation to Natume Soseki's Chinese Poem of October 7, 1916," Bulletin of Soseki's Literature Studies, No.1, June 1, 2005 |
| Name | OKAMURA, Toshifumi |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Modern and Contemporary Philosophy |
| Current Research Theme: | Philosophical Problems about `Interpretation`
Consideration on Possibilities of `Philosophy as Interpetation` Explicated Diversely by Nietzsche and the Hermeneutical Philosohers after him (Heidegger, Gadamer, Derrida, etc.) |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "A Twist of Interpretation and Dismissal
of Absolutization: On Nietzsche's Critique of Conciousness"
M.A.Thesis "On the Adequacy of Nietzschean `Critique`: Perspectivism in Early Nietzsche", Jimbun Ronso vol.32, 2004 "Is Perspectivism Self-Refuting?: `Truth` and `Interpretation` in Nietzsche", Schopenhauer-Studien Extraband.1: Nietzsche, 2005 |
| Presentations: | "Is Perspectivism Relativism?" The Kansai
Ethical Society (2004.11.6 at Osaka Institute of Technology) "Perspectivism and the Problem of Self-Referenciality: On the Concept of `Interpretation` in Nietzsche", 2nd. Nietzsche-Seminar in Japan Schopenhauer-Association (2004.11.23 at Gakusyuin University) |
| Miscellaneous: | "Experiment of Interpretation: How to
Read `Will to Power`", 2nd. Symposium by Young Scholars of
Philosophy and Thought(2003.12.15 at Kyoto University) Commentator, 3rd. Symposium by Young Scholars of Philosophy and Thought(2004.4.29 at Campus Plaza Kyoto |
| Name | TAKEMOTO, Akira |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Ancient History |
| Current Research Theme: | Organization and Genealogy of the Uji Clan
System in ancient Japan I would like to recognize the urban character in the habitation form of clans in Ancient Japanese capital cities |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Genealogical Connection and Name Change
of Uji in Ancient Japan," Japanese History, No. 661, July, 2003 "Uji-system in the Age of Introduction of the Ritsuryo System," Historia, No.193, January, 2005 "Versions of Size Kyo Hanniya Sutra," Investigation Report of Size Kyo Hanniya: Studies on its Publication and Form, Kawachi-Nagano Board of Education, March, 2004. "On "Tamaoya" in ancient Japan," Bulletin of the Yao Municipal Museum for History and Folklore, No. 16, March, 2005 |
| Presentations: | "Uji-system in the Age of Introduction of
the Ritsuryo System," Osaka Historical Science Society, June 27,
2004 "The Idea of Uncleanness seen from the Sutra-Copying Bureau," Shosoinmonjo Studies Association, October 30, 2004 "Clan and its Progenitor," Ancient history sectional meeting report in Nihonshi Studies Association, July 3, 2000. "Religious Ceremonies to Clan Gods,", Syokunihonngi Studies Association, May 16, 2003 |
| Miscellaneous: | "Changes of the Shrines and Temples in the
City of Yao," Foundation of the temple and shrine, Yao Municipal
Musium for History and Folklore, March, 2001 "The Network of the Buddhist Scripture in the Takihata Area," Kawachi-Nagano municipal Takihata folk museum, October, 2002 "A Report on Size Kyo Hanniya: Productive Process and Form," Kawachi-Nagano Board of Education, March, 2004 |
| Name | TANAKA, Daisuke |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Ancient History |
| Current Research Theme: | Structure and Transformation of the Market
System in Ancient Japanese Capital Cities I would like to investigate the market system in ancient Japan through analysis of the documents related to the imperial fiscal systems. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | |
| Articles: | "On "Chimori" appearing in Shakyojo Documents,"
Studies in Shokunihongi, 338, 2002. "Markets in Naniwa: from the Viewpoint of the Imperial Fisial System of Ancient Japan," From Naniwa Palace to Osaka City, Urban-culture Research Center, 2004/03 |
| Presentations: | Book Review: M. HIRAKAWA, "A study of character-written
earthenware," Society of Historical Science in Osaka, 2001/02 "On the Names appeared in the Shakyojo Documents," The 29th summer seminar of ancient history, 2001/08 "Market System in the Seventh Century," Shokunihongi-kenkyukai, 2004/10 "Transformation of the Markets in the Ancient Japanese Capital Cities," Osaka Historical Association, 2005/06 |
| Miscellaneous: | "Notes on the Historical Sources concerning
the Mint Bureau of Ancient Japan," in K. MATSUMURA and T. SAKAEHARA
(eds.,) History of Coin Mintages in Ancient Japan, 2003/03 "Notes on the Historical Sources concerning Silver in Ancient Japan," in K. MATSUMURA and T. SAKAEHARA (eds.,) History of Silver and Silver Coins in Ancient Japan, 2004 |
| Name | AMANO, Tadayuki |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Medieval History |
| Current Research Theme: | Urban Rule by Warrior Families of Kyoto and its Vicinity in the Ages of Civil Wars: Religious Powers and Urban Communities |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "The Seisetsu-Ikko Religious Revolt and the
Feudal Lord Murashige Araki," The Annual of Temple-Town Studies,
vol. 4, 1999 "Port Cities in the Osaka Bay Area and the Power of the Miyoshi Family," Studies in Urban Cultures, vol. 4, 2004 |
| Miscellaneous: | Book Review: Y. KAWANE, Osaka in the Early Middle Ages, The Historical Journal of Japan by Osaka City University, No.6, 2003 |
| Name | UCHIDA, Ryushi |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Sociology, Buraku issues and Study of Social Problems |
| Current Research Theme: | Research task: Empirical study of Buraku youth
identity, regional characteristic and Buraku liberation movement. Content of research: The study of actual conditions of inter-group relationship between Majority and Minority in contemporary Japan toward the extraction of various conditions for favorable relations. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | Coauthor. (2005). Excluded Young People："Freeter" and the reproduction of inequality, Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute |
| Articles: | (2001). "Identity of Burakumin As Seen in
the Post-War Consciousness Surveys of Buraku People," Buraku Kaihou
Kenkyu,140,142,143. (2002). "A consideration of marriage discrimination against Burakumin: Factor analysis of marriage evasion attitudes among each age cohort," The Annuals of Sociological Association,O.C.U.?Shidai Shakaigaku,No.3. (2004). "Toward the Reduction of Avoidance and Discrimination against the Buraku Minority: Using Intergroup Contact Hypothesis as a Clue." Buraku Kaihou Kenkyu,156.. (2004). ""Freeters" in Socially Disadvantageous Conditions, and Gender." Buraku Kaihou Kenkyu,160. (2005). "Development and Challenges of the Attitude Survey Regarding Buraku Problem: Towards the Attitude Survey Research." Buraku Kaihou Kenkyu,162. |
| Presentations: | (2002). "Transformation of Buraku resident's
attitudes: Their outlook on Buraku the and Buraku issue." Kansai
Sociological Association 53th Annual Meeting (2003). "The validity of "Contact hypothesis" for elimination of evasion and discrimination against minority Burakumin," Kansai Sociological Association 54th Annual Meeting (2003). "The mechanism of marriage evasion and discrimination: From the perspective of the Buraku issue," Japan Society of Family Sociology 13th Annual Meeting (2004) "Identity evaluation of young Burakumin: From the survey in the Nationwide young Buraku people meeting of Buraku Liberation League," The Japanese Association of Sociology for Human Liberation 20th Annual Meeting (2004)"The weakness and strength of strong ties: A consideration about Buraku youth jobless and the Freeter problem," Kansai Sociological Association 55th Annual Meeting |
| Miscellaneous: | (2003). Report: The analysis of marriage evasion
and discrimination against Buraku minority. Buraku Liberation and
Human Rights Research Institute (2004). Report: Contemporary marriage discrimination and implication for enlightenment. Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute (2005). Report: The Attitude survey about human rights issues in Nabari city. Nabari city |
| Name | TSUMAKI, Shingo |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Urban Sociology / Study of Social Problems |
| Current Research Theme: | An Empirical Study on Homeless People in Osaka, Their Life Structure and Support Programs |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | (2001). "Getting Hold of the Life of Homeless
People as Structure." Journal of Social Problems, No.16 (2003). "Preference for Homelessness Categorized as "Refusal of a Decent Civic Life"," SOSHIOROJI, Vol.48 No.1 (2003). "Intergenerational Reproduction of Social Inequality as Observed in the Formation of Homeless People: An Analysis of Family Background of the Homeless." Buraku Kaihou Kenkyu,155 (2004). "Factors Shaping Anti-Discrimination Consciousness: An Analysis of Social Relations Factors," Buraku Kaihou Kenkyu,156 |
| Name | WAKAMATSU, Tsukasa |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Social and Cultural Geography |
| Current Research Theme: | Geographical study of the Dowa assimilation
projects and Buraku liberation movements. Understanding the Dowa assimilation projects and Buraku liberation movements as social exclusion/inclusion processes |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Public Housing under the Dowa Assimilation
Projects and Buraku Liberation Movement in Shingu City, Wakayama
Prefecture, 1953-1975," Jimbun Chiri, vol.56 No.2, pp.74-92, 2004 "A Theoretical Investigation of Two Japanese Landscape Concepts, Fukei and Keikan, and its Application to the Interpretation of Kenji Nakagami's ‘Roji'. Studies in Urban Cultures vol.4, pp.56-72,2004 |
| Name | YAMAGUCHI, Susumu |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Social and Cultural Geography |
| Current Research Theme: | The cultural/social geography of practices,
controls, and rePresentations: of the streets in the postwar Japanese
city To describe so many practices, controls, and rePresentations: of the streets in the postwar Japanese city |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Street Performers and Street Artists in Minami,
Osaka," Human Geography (Jimbun-Chiri), 54-2, pp. 173-189, 2002 "Interacting about street regulations: Street Musicians, Exclude them or admit them?", Soundscape, 4, pp.41-49, 2002 "The OCAT street dancers and urban regeneration in Minatomachi, Osaka, "DeMusik Inter. (eds.) : Power of Sound: Reclaim the streets. Impact publisher, pp.66-85, 2005 "Revitalization of Minatomachi, Osaka and Street Dancers at OCAT," W. Ookuma and others, ed., The Power of Sound, Impact Publishers, in printing |
| Presentations: | "Urban Space and Street Performers: A Case
Study of Minami, Osaka," Human Geography Society, Kobe University,
2001 "Interactions around Regulation: Street Music, Yes or No," Japan Soundscape socitey, Osaka City University, 2002 "Space Created by Street Musicians," Japan Popular Music Society, Kansai University, 2003 "The System of Heaven Artists in Tokyo and Modern Urban Space," Human Geography Society, Kansai University, 2003 "Streets as a Stage: A Case Study of an Event in Osaka," Society of Geographic Sciences, Hiroshima University, 2004 "Controlling the Public Space in Tokyo: A Case Study of the "Heaven Artist"," Urbanization Conference, UMDS, Ryutsu Kagaku University, Aug. 2005 "Artists, Dancers and Modern Urban Space in Japan," Joint Workshop on Urbanity, Urban Change and Governance in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Osaka, Osaka City University, Aug. 2005 |
| Miscellaneous: | Institute for Urban Welfare Study of Osaka
Prefectural Universtiy, Report of the Investigation on Homeless
People in Osaka, Part II, Data, Chapter I, Actual Conditions of
Homeless People, pp.12-15, 2002 "Introduction to Field Survey (9): Investigation into Juvenile Culture," Geography, vol. 49-1, pp.82-85, 2004 |
| Name | OYAMA, Shin |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Linguistics |
| Current Research Theme: | Research into changes of Chinese character
sound to Japanese―Pronunciation of manyogana in Japanese mark and
Chinese character sound in Chinese sentences― The Chinese character occupies Japanese language and a consequently important position in the cultural managing of Japan. To research this in detail, the Chinese character sound that centers on ancient manyogana is researched. The receipt and the uses of the Chinese character in ancient Japan are clarified |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Ｏn the Reedition of Score in the Buddist
Chant Hannya-Rishukyo: Meaning as material of Japanese phoneme,"
Study in the History of Japanese Literature, no.44, pp.81-95, 2004 "Ｏn the score of the Buddist chant Hannya-Rishukyo: Especially, Ninna-ji temple owning book," Kuntengo and Kuntensiryo, no.114, pp.77-99, 2005 "On "nisyoujiongana" in manyoushu: "rengou" and "ryakuon"," Japanese Language and Literature, Aug, 2005, pp.54-69 |
| Presentations: | "Features of Japanese Phonemes in Score of Buddhist Chants―Especially, the score of the Buddist chant Hannya-Rishukyo," Academic Society of Kuntengo, 2004 |
| Name | YOTSUMOTO, Nao |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Japanese Literature: Early Modern Drama |
| Current Research Theme: | Mutual Influence between KABUKI and JOURURI
in Kyoto and Osaka in the Middle of the Edo Period In Kyoto and Osaka KABUKI had been unpopular since the Houreki era of the middle of the Edo period. In those days KABUKI borrowed themes and performances from Joruri; I would like to investigate the relationship between the two drama-plays. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | HUTARI-KUZUNOHA,Translation and Introduction (collaboration with H. Sakaguchi), KAMIGATA-GEINOU, vol. 1, Center for Studies of Kamigata Geiou, Osaka Women's college, |
| Articles: | "YADONASHI-DANSHITI-SIGURE-NO-KARAKASA," Studies in History of Japanese Literature |
| Presentations: | OOTOMO-NO-MATORI (1), Academic Meeting in
Oct. 2004, at ENGEKI KENKYUKAI OOTOMO-NO-MATORI (2), Academic Meeting in Dec. 2004, at ENGEKI KENKYUKAI
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| Name | TAHARA, Norikazu |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Sociolinguistics |
| Current Research Theme: | Urbanism behind the culture and language in
the cases of Osaka and Zurich. Theoretical studies of "language and culture" and "factor of language-culturisation". |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Changing the language group of francish
with the theory roofless ex-dialects." Seminarium 25, 2003 "Aspects of languages in Switzerland - formanisation of Swiss-German and the roof of language." Doitsu Bungaku Kenkyu 36, 2004 "Is there a roof of language for Swiss-German? A study comparing the cases of Luxemburgish " Seminarium 26, 2004 "About what is called the roof of language." Junbun Ronso 33, 2005 |
| Presentations: | "Aspects of language in Zurich - the
influence of Zwingli's bible." The Japanese Association of
German language and literature of Osaka City University at: Osaka
City University, 2004. "Is there a roof of language in Swiss-German? A study comparing with Luxemburgish " The Association of German language and literature, at: Hokkaido University, 2004. |
| Miscellaneous: | "About the German language of the Zurich
bible in the 16th century" The Society of German linguistics
in Osaka-Kobe, at: Nakanoshima Public Hall, 2003. "German and the roof of language" The Society of German linguistics in Osaka-Kobe, at: Nakanoshima Public Hall, 2004. |
| Name | MUKAI, Yuriko |
| Project affiliation: | Osaka Project |
| Specialty: | Social Psychology |
| Current Research Theme: | The acceptance of different cultures: This study investigates the attitudes toward different cultures or foreigners that come into a country in terms of terror management theory, and explains factors for promoting positive attitudes toward different cultures and foreigners. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Responses to a threat to one's own cultural
worldview under the mortality salience: a terror management theory
perspective," 2002, Master's thesis "Denial and acceptance of different cultures: terror management theory," 2003, Studies in Urban Cultures, vol.1, pp.50-65 |
| Presentations: | "Mortality salience and responses to the cultural
worldview," 2000, The Japanese psychological association 64th annual
meeting "The features about styles of living and senses of value in urban and rural people (4): Self-esteem and attitudes toward different cultures," 2003 The 44th annual meeting of the Japanese society and social psychology. "Acceptance of different cultures in people's own countries: From research in northern Germany," 2004 The 45th annual meeting of the Japanese society and social psychology |
| Name | HARAGUCHI, Tsuyoshi |
| Project affiliation: | Southeast Asia Project |
| Specialty: | Geography |
| Current Research Theme: | Urban Geography, Socio-Spatial Exclusion Examining the socio-spatial exclusion of a city through the case study of the history of Airin District, Osaka City. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Construction of Place and Institutional Practice in the Process of the "Production" of Yoseba: The Case of Kamagasaki," Osaka City," The Human Geography, 55-2, pp.121-143, 2003 |
| Presentations: | "Issues around Gentrification in Geography: American and European Urban Theories," Society of Human Geography, Aoyama University, 2005 |
| Name | TABUCHI, Natsuki |
| Project affiliation: | Southeast Asia Project |
| Specialty: | Soundscape |
| Current Research Theme: | Soundscape and the cultures of Chiang Mai
in Thailand This research explores the investigation of Soundscape in Chiang Mai. The purpose of this reserch is to think about "the environments of Sounds" and "the memory of the human body" of Sounds. It declares of the relationship between Soundscape and cultures |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "The Suburb of the City Interpreted by the Sounds: an investigation of Soundscape in Mishimae along the Yodo River," M.A thesis, 2004 |
| Presentations: | "The Suburb of the City Interpreted by Sounds: an investigation of Soundscape in Mishimae along the Yodo River," The Society for Research in Asiatic Music, 219th meeting, |
| Name | SHIMIZU Nahoko |
| Project affiliation: | Southeast Asia Project |
| Specialty: | Tourism |
| Current Research Theme: | Participation of the local community in Ecotourism
development In developing countries, with ecotourism development by a local community supported by NGO, I clarify inherent problems which each stakeholder confronts in order to get them empowered. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "A New Ecotourism Movement in China: In Cooperation
with International Environment NGO," East Asia Studies, No.41, pp.47-59,
2005 "Ecotourism and Education: the Case Study of Yunnan Province in China," Campana, Suzuka International University Journal , No.11, pp.107-120, 2005 |
| Presentations: | " A Comparative Study of Ecotourism Reports in Newspapers in Japan and the United States," 17th Annual Conference of Japan Institute of Tourism Research, pp157-160, December 2002 |
| Miscellaneous: | "A New Ecotourism Movement in China: A Challenge
of International Environment NGO," Asian Research Institute, Osaka
University of Economics and Law, October 2005. "A Study on the Educational Concept in Ecotourism," International Academic Forum, "Tourism and Education in Urban Culture," Gadjah Mada University, Jogyakart, Indonesia, November 2004. " An Ecotourism Development supported by International NGO: A Case Study of Yunnan Province in China," the 10th meeting of Current Status and Issues of Cultural Heritage Management and Tourism, National Museum of Ethnology, February 2005. |
| Name | NISHIBE, Hitoshi |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Modern History of Geographical Thought |
| Current Research Theme: | Social geographical study of modern Shanghai In this research I focus on the activities of the people in modern Shanghai in historio-geographical scales from their bodies to the globe, considering both imaginative geographies and built environment. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | (translation to Japanese) KATO Masahiro, NISHIBE Hitoshi, MIZUUCHI Toshio, NAGAO Kenkichi and OSHIRO Naoki TR. (Edward W. Soja), Postmodern Geographies: the reassertion of space in critical social theory. Seidosha, 2003 |
| Articles: | "Street lighting as built environment and
the dynamism of modern urban society," (in Japanese), Chiri Kagaku
(Geographical Sciences): 54-4, pp.259-279, 1999. "The politics of the geographical imagination projected on the urban range and on the rapid transit system network in Greater Osaka at the beginning of town planning," (in Japanese). Jinbun Chiri (Japanese Journal of Human Geography): 53-4, pp.369-386, 2001 NISHIBE Hitoshi and HIRANO Masashige, "Directional attribute of the damage in urban areas from the Hyogoken-nambu earthquake in western Kobe," (in Japanese). Chirigaku Hyohron (Geographical Review of Japan): 75-7, pp.479-491, 2002 "Geographical imaginations and urban conceptions in Modern Japan: creating the social values in polyphonic mode, "(in Japanese). Ph. D. Dissertation, Osaka City University, 2004 |
| Presentations: | "The constitution of basic ideas and agents
in the movement of cityscape preservation in Kurashiki: the association
of City Beautiful in Kurashiki and the folk craft movement (in Japanese),"
The Convention of the Human Geographical Society of Japan, Nara
University, 1999 "The contingent existence of Homo-Geographicus: the reconsideration of the human mind in socio-cultural geography," (in Japanese). The Branch Meeting of Geographical Thought of the Human Geographical Society of Japan, Kobe University, 2001 "The landscape as a coordination system: the human encounter at geographical spaces, (in Japanese). The Convention of the Human Geographical Society of Japan, Ochanomizu Women's University, 2002 "The inter-disciplinary cross-fertilization in terms of the landscape study in Pre-war Japan, (in Japanese). The Convention of the Human Geographical Society of Japan, Kansai University, 2003 "How were the Japanese involved in Shanghai: the review of the guideBooks: of Shanghai in 1900's-1930's, " (in Japanese). The Spring Convention of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Aoyama Gakuin University, 2005 |
| Miscellaneous: | (Translation to Japanese) NISHIBE Hitoshi
TR. (David Harvey), Militant particularism and global ambition.
"Gendai Siso (Contemporary thought): 27-13, pp.80-109, 1999 "The topographies of modern Osaka (8-9): dream garden city, the solar system of Greater Osaka," (in Japanese). Osaka Shunju: 107, pp.98-105, Osaka Shunju: 108, pp.119-127, 2002 "The introductory remarks for doing geography in modern Shanghai: a review of the studies about Japanese residents in Shanghai (in Japanese)," The Space and Society of Shanghai before 1949, pp.3-22, 2005 |
| Name | LIU, Qing |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | The Japanese literature of the Edo Period |
| Current Research Theme: | The influence of the classical Chinese dramas upon Chikamatu's works |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "A study on "Shida" : A Drama about a Family
Trouble," Studies in the History of Japanese Literature, No.43,
Dec., 2000 "The Joruri of the Kan'ei Era: The Development and Features of "Works about Family Troubles," Language and Culture, Vol. 4, Mar., 2001 "A study of the story of "Nishikidougassenn"," BULLETIN of the FACULTY of LETTERS HANAZONO UNIVERSITY, No.33, Mar., 2001 "A study in the description of stepmothers in Joururi and Kabuki of the Edo Period," Studies in the History of Japanese Literature, No.43, Mar., 2003 "Sekkyou and Urban Show Performance," City and Fiction, Urban-Culture Research Center, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University, Dec., 2003 "Biographies of the Monks in Chikamatu's Works," Language and Culture, Vol. 7 (Sapientia University International Language and Culture Institute) Mar. 2004 |
| Name | WANG, Biao |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | History of Thought in the Ming and Qing Dynasties |
| Current Research Theme: | Study of the Intellectuals Group in the Cities
of Jiangnan江南 in late imperial China. I would like to study the social cohesion forms of intellectuals with a focus on the network of the urban intellectuals in late imperial China, and also to study the urban social structure. The study incorporates the perspective of thought, literature, and sociology. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | Theories of Zhouyi周易, Huacheng Publishing House, Guang Zhou, Co-authored, 2002. |
| Articles: | "Forms of Urban Intellectual Society: Mainly
in Soochow, Yangchow, and Nanking in the Middle of the Qing Dynasty,"
Studies in Urban Cultures Vol.2, pp.72-89, 2003 "Poets' Meetings in Sun Jiale's孫嘉楽 Lakeside Villa宝石山荘 in Hangchow杭州: Cultural Performances of Yuan Mei袁枚 during His Later Years," Jimbun Ronso, Vol.32, 2004. "Intellectual Discourse of the Intellectuals Community in the Middle Period of the Qing Dynasty," The Setsutaro Kobayashi Memorial Fund, a research paper for 2003, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., 2005. "Establishment of Legitimacy: How Could Yuan Mei袁枚 Acquire Social Prestige in Su Zhou蘇州?" Studies in Urban Cultures, Vol.5, pp.46-61, 2005 "The Life Space of ex-Officials in the East of Zhe Jiang浙江 during the Late Period of the Qing Dynasty: Li Ciming李慈銘`s Yuemantang Diary越縵堂日記, 1865-71," The Report of Second Joint Symposium between UCRC and Faculty of Human Sciences in ECNU, 2005. |
| Presentations: | "The View of Hua-yi華夷 in Si Ku Quan Shu四庫全書,"
Society for Chinese Studies Osaka City University, Osaka City University,
Dec. 2001 "Visitors at Sui Yuan随園," The 3rd Academic Meeting of the Team C, OCU UCRC, Osaka City University, Jan. 2003. "The Reading and Friendship of ex-Officials in the East of Zhejiang during the Late Period of the Qing Dynasty: Li Ciming`s Yuemantang Diary, 1865-71," Second Joint Symposium between UCRC and Faculty of Human Sciences in ECNU, Osaka City University, Oct. 2004. |
| Miscellaneous: | Translations(from Japanese to Chinese): Hisakazu Yamaguchi, "A Quest for the Germ of Modern Scholarship in Late Imperial China, looking through a change of intellectuals' consciousness," in China's Modernity and Urban Intellectuals, ed., Ruiquan Gao and Hisakazu Yamaguchi, Shanghai Classics Publishing House, Shanghai, 2004 |
| Name | YAMAZAKI, Satoshi |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Social History of the Chinese Middle Ages |
| Current Research Theme: | The study of Area Formation in HangZhou city
and Liang Zhe in the Tang-Song Period I study the history of the river mouth area and harbor city along the shore in China in 9th-10th century. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Wu-Yue Guo Wang and the Conception of "Zhen
Wang"," JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES, No. 752, Tokyo, August 2001. "The Incomplete Maritime State: An attempt of the Wu-Yue State in China," CULTURA ANTIQUA, vol. 54 No. 2, Kyoto, February 2002 "A Study on the Relations between Five Dynasties and Ten Countries: Seen from Diplomatic Documents, Donations, Tributes and Payment," OCU ASIAN HISTORY, No. 12, Osaka, March 2002 "The Port City, Hangzhou: City Evolution at the Coast of China and the East Asian Sea Area in the 9th-10th Centuries," STUDIES IN URBAN CULTURES, No.2, Osaka, September 2003 "The Dao Administrative System during the Later Tang and Five Dynasties Period," THE JOURNAL of the RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF THE TOYO BUNKO, vol. 85 No. 4, Tokyo, March 2004 |
| Name | FUKUDA, Chikashi |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Chinese Classical Literature |
| Current Research Theme: | The urban culture and folk stories in the
Southern Song period The formation of urban folk stories by the literati and officials in the 12th century : mainly on "Yijianzhi夷堅志" |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | Ru, Jiandong陸鍵東．The fate of Chinese Intellectuals, Joint-translation, Heibonsya, 2001 |
| Articles: | "On Xiafuren?婦人 of Yijianzhi夷堅志," The 48th
Sinological Society of Osaka City University, Osaka City University,
7 July 2001. "Various types of dream in Yijianjiazhi夷堅志,".The 53th Sinological Society of Osaka City University, Osaka City University, 13 December 2003 |
| Miscellaneous: | Translation: Zhang Bowei, "The new view on the virtue of liquor in Jiudesong酒徳頌 that people of Wei魏 and Jin晉 period took," Chugokugakushi, vol. 15, 2001, pp. 1-29. |
| Name | ZHENG, Yang |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Sociology of Education |
| Current Research Theme: | Comparison of childcare patterns between Chinese
and Japanese urban families: Focusing on Chinese families living
in Osaka The research, by fieldwork analyses of childcare practices in Japan, is to answer the following questions: Do Chinese families living in Japan share common difficulties of childcare with Japanese families, or do they overcome the difficulties in a different way from what Japanese families do? |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "The Socialization of Children in the Japanese
Family: Reflecting on Postwar Socialization of Children," Kouikugaku
Ronshu Studies in Education, No.27, pp.14-26, 2001 "A Consideration on the Socialization of the Child in Chinese Urban Areas: Network of Family and Relatives and the First Socialization of Children," Research Studies of Kansai Kyoiku Gakkai, No.2, pp.64-78, 2002 "Urban Kinship Network and the National Policy in China: through a questionnaire research of childcare practices in three cities," Japanese Journal of Family Sociology, Vol.14, No.2, pp. 88-89, 2003 "A Consideration on the Academic Background's Quest of Urban Area's Family and State Policy in China :Investigation of the Actual Situation in Two Cities," Kouikugaku Ronshu Studies in Education, No.30, pp.1-17, 2004 |
| Name | SUZUKI, Yasuyo |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Modern Chinese literature |
| Current Research Theme: | Wartime Chinese Literature in Shanghai, Wuhan,
and Changsha in the 1930's - 40's: Zhang Tianyi's View on Urban
Lives. The research focuses on Zhang Tianyi's viewpoint toward the urban underclass and socially deprived people through analysis and interpretation of his satires composed by using humor and exaggerations. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "Zhang Tianyi in his "Guituriji","
Journal of The Chinese Studies Society of Osaka City University,
Dojin-go, The Chinese Studies Society of Osaka City Univ., Dec.
1998, (in Japanese) ""Dalin he Xiaolin,Tutudawang": Zhang Tianyi and his Children's Literature Before the Establishment of the PRC," Journal of China, No.66, The Publication Commission of Journal of China , Sept. 2001 (in Japanese) "From "Guituriji" to "Yangjingbang Qixia"," Yecao, No.70, The Society for the Study of Chinese Literature, Aug. 2002 (in Japanese) "Shanghai in the 1930's and Zhang Tianyi's "Yangjingbang Qixia": Anti-thesis toward the Leftist Literature," The City and Fiction: Center of Excellence International Symposium Report, Urban Research Center of Garduate School of Literature, Osaka City University, Dec. 2003 (in Japanese) |
| Presentations: | "Zhang Tianyi's Early Works: About "Guituriji","
The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Osaka City University,
Osaka City University, Jun.27, 1998 (presented in Japanese) "Zhang Tianyi: From "Dalin he Xiaolin,Tutudawang" to "Yangjingbang Qixia" ," 2001 Summer Seminar of The Society for the Study of Chinese Literature, Kyoto, Aug.30, 2001. (presented in Japanese) "Zhang Tianyi: From "Guituriji" to "Yangjingbang Qixia"," The Monthly Meeting of The Society for the Study of Chinese Literature, Kyoto City, Oct.28, 2001 (presented in Japanese) "Shanghai in the 1930's and Zhang Tianyi's "Yangjingbang Qixia" ," The City and Fiction: Center of Excellence International Symposium, Osaka City Univ., Oct. 1 2003 (presented in Japanese) "A Pursuit for a New Expression Method in the New China Regime: The Two-sideness of Baohulu in Zhang Tianyi's "Baohulu de mimi"," The Monthly Meeting of The Society for the Study of Chinese Literature, Osaka University of Economics, Nov.28, 2003 (presented in Japanese) |
| Name | ANAZAWA, Shoko |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Chinese ancient and medieval history |
| Current Research Theme: | Sociability of the Religious Groups and Self-Defensive Groups in the Local Communities under the Tang and Sung Dynasties |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "A note on sociability from Tang through Song:
The examples of self-defense organization and philanthropy," China:
Society and Culture, No.14 1999. "A note on the Organization of Local Society by Governments from Tang(唐)through Song(宋):The examples of Land Inspection (検田制)," Osaka City University Asian History, No.11, 2000 "A Note on the Perception of Regional Order from Tang(唐)through Five Dynasties(五代)," Journal of Tang Historical Studies, Vol.5, 2002 "A report on the Place of the Ceremony of Emperors' Birthday in the Tang Dynasty: from the Gates to Temples," Studies in Urban Cultures, No.3, 2004 |
| Name | HIROSE, Makoto |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Pedagogy |
| Current Research Theme: | A Study of Methods of Developing the Self-Assessment
Ability of Pupils I describe teacher's practice of developing self-assessment ability to open a pupil's closed-relation with classmates. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "How Should Teachers Foster the Ability of
Pupil's Self-Assessment?" Graduate School of Literature and Human
Science, OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, Department of Pedagogy(ed).STUDIES
IN EDUCATION:30, 2004 "A Study of Method of Developing Pupil's Self-Assessment Ability―Result of a Conclusion on the Basis of Two Case Studies Findings―,"National Association for the Study of Educational Methods(ed).STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL METHODS, 2005 |
| Presentations: | "Teachers' Experiments to Foster the Ability
of a Pupil's Self-Assessment," JAPAN SOCIETY FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY,
IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY, 2003 "Relational Structure with Others in Fostering Pupils' Self-Assessment Ability." JAPAN SOCIETY FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. TOKYO INSUTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2004 "A Study of Methods of Developing a Pupil's Self-Assessment Ability," National Association for the Study of Educational Methods, WAKOU University, 2004 |
| Miscellaneous: | "How should teachers support pupils' assessment-activity in integrated learning?" Forum for a 'Period of Integrated Learning and Assessment'; JAPAN SOCIETY FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION, 2004 |
| Name | FUKAMI, Toshitaka |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Teacher Education, Educational Technology |
| Current Research Theme: | Empirical study of the educational practices
of teachers and students planning to be a teacher by qualitative
and quantitative approaches, focusing on their image of education A case study of the development of images of educational practices about a beginning teacher in an urban school context in Japan Comparative studies on teachers' and preservice teachers' images of educational practices in Japan and western countries |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | |
| Articles: | Toshitaka Fukami and Toshiyuki Kihara : "Diversity
of Student Teachers' Images of Teaching," Japan Journal of Educational
Technology, 27 (Suppl.), pp.161-164, 2003 Toshitaka Fukami and Toshiyuki Kihara: "Development of a Student Teacher's Images of Educational Practices through Communication with "Others". "Japan Journal of Educational Technology, pp.69-78, 2004 Toshitaka Fukami and Toshiyuki Kihara(2004): "Assessment of Instruction about a Course of Teacher Certification Based on the Analysis of Preservice Students' Metaphors -Considering the Possibility of "A Course Including the Significance of a Teacher's Profession". Japan Journal of Educational Technology (Suppl.), pp.185-188, 2004 |
| Name | SONG, Shusheng |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Pedagogy |
| Current Research Theme: | Life Education in Xiaozhuang School |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Articles: | "A Research on the Establishment of Xiaozhuang
Normal School: Focusing on the Change from Mass Education to Village
Teaching of Xiangzhi Tao' Educational Practice," The Department
of Education in the Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences
Osaka University, Studies in Education(No.27)pp.1~13, July, 2001 "The Extension of the New Education Movement from Urban Areas to the Country in Modern China: Focusing on the Educational Practice of Xingzhi Tao in Xiaozhuang School," , Studies in Urban Cultures(No,1), Urban?Culture Research Center, pp.66-77, March, 2003. |
| Presentations: | "The Japanese Society for the Study on Teacher
Education: A Research on the General Study in Dewey School ?on the
View of the Role of Teacher's Creativity, "Aichi Prefecture
University, October, 2000 "The Japanese Society for Curriculum Studies, A Research on the Life-centered Curriculum Development-on the View of Science TextBooks: in Xiaozhuang School, Kyusyu University, July, 2002 "The Teacher's Role in "Life Education":on the View of the "Instructor System in Xiaozhuang Normal School," Kansai Kyoiku Gakkai, Ryukoku University, October, 2002. |
| Miscellaneous: | "The Difference between Electronic Education
and Educational Technology," The Bulletin of the Graduate School
of North-East Normal University, No.5, October, 1996. "A Research on the Classroom Teaching: Model of Learner-Centered," Master Thesis:May, 1998. "On-line Learning: A New Studying Method," The Editorial Board of China Electronic Education , August, 1998, China Electronic Education(No. August, 1998) "The Teacher's Role in Life Education: from the Viewpoint of the Instructor System in Xiaozhuang Normal School," Annual Report of Kansai Kyoiku Gakkai, No.27, August, 1998 |
| Name | NAKAOKA, Miyuki |
| Project affiliation: | China Project |
| Specialty: | Chinese Economics |
| Current Research Theme: | Housing Policy and urban development in Chinese
urban areas---mainly Shanghai Recently, the real estate speculation phenomenon has happened in the large cities such as Shanghai. I will consider the influence and the problem that the real estate speculation by giving priority to the market mechanism exerts on urban development. |
| Academic Achievements | |
| Books: | 'rends of housing and real estate markets
in several cities in China' Hiroshi,ONISHI ed. Chinese Special Procurements
-China that changes from threat to the saviour- SHISUIKAN PRESS
(in Japanese), 2004 Masataka,UEDA and Miyuki,NAKAOKA 'Housing Reform in Shanghai---Housing Commercialization and Problem ' Masataka,UEDA and Kenji FURUSAWA ed. Big Cities in Asia(5) Beijing and Shanghai NIPPON HYORONSHA (in Japanese) 'Chapter11 Housing Policy and the Present Condition in Chinese Urban Areas ' Nobuaki,SASAKI ed. Perspectives on Chinese Economy SEKAIASHISOUSHA( in Japanese ), 2000 |
| Articles: | 'Progress Report on Contemporary China Studies,
1990-2001 Part4. Housing Reform and Housing Economy' East Asian
Studies No.34 ( in Japanese ) 'Housing Development and the Present Condition of Housing Markets in Shanghai ' China Studies ( KAZANKAI) No.2 (in Japanese), 2002 |
| Presentations: | ‘The present condition and problems of the
Chinese housing finance system ?A study of the housing boom in Shanghai'
at Japan Association for Asian Studies ( in Japanese), June 2004 'The development of the real-estate industry in China'-from the view point of service- The East Asian Economy Conference at Osaka City University, November 2002 ‘Chinese Housing Reform and Housing Markets---Mainly Shanghai' at Japan Society of International Economics, March 2002 |
