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
- 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.
- 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.
- Areas of Specialization
- History of Early Modern and Modern Japan
- Research Interests
- The reconsideration of the Meiji Restoration from the perspective of rural communities.
- Areas of Specialization
- Chinese and East Asian Archaeology
- Research Interests
- My research topics related to pottery-use through methods such as
pottery morphology and use-wear analysis, literature, ethnography and
chemical analysis.
I am particularly interested in food culture, including cooking methods for staple foods such as rice and millet.
- Areas of Specialization
- Political and Social history of Song Yuan Dynasty
- Research Interests
- A Study of the Central Administrative System and Local Governance System of the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
- Areas of Specialization
- Socioeconomic History of Modern China
- Research Interests
- From the perspective of integration into the world economy, the dynamic picture of modern China's economic formation is redrawn through a comparison of its coastal and inland regions.