Purpose of the Division
Among the fields of the humanities and social sciences at Kumamoto University, the field of history has produced highly evaluated research and gained wide international recognition. It is vital to disseminate such outstanding academic works to the world and return them to society.
In this division, we aim for the establishment of a new document and artifact analysis as well as a new historical theory on “agriculture, agricultural history, and agricultural social history” as it concerns East Asia, which could not be sufficiently elucidated by conventional historical methods.
Purpose of research
“The establishment of East Asian agriculture, agricultural history,
and agricultural social history by new document and artifact analysis”
Members of the Division
OBATA, Hiroki.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor (director of the division)
- Areas of Specialization
- Archaeology (Paleoethnobotany in East Asia)
- Research Interests
- The reexamination of East Asian agricultural history, and plant-use history in the Jomon period based on the indentation method.
ITOH, Masahiko.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
- Areas of Specialization
- Socioeconomic History of Ming and Qing Dynasties
- Research Interests
- The elucidation on the rural society of Jiangnan, China, and the development process of township from the Northern Song dynasty to the Ming dynasty.
INABA, Tsuguharu.
Eisei Bunko Research Center, Professor
- Areas of Specialization
- History of Medieval and Early Modern Japan
- Research Interests
- The reconsideration of the formation of early modern Japanese society from medieval peasant society.
IMAMURA, Naoki.
Eisei Bunko Research Center, Associate Professor
- Areas of Specialization
- History of Early Modern and Modern Japan
- Research Interests
- The reconsideration of the Meiji Restoration from the perspective of rural communities.