Position | Director |
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Joint research projects | Research on Sea and Port Canals: Canals in Yokohama and Asia Reconsidering Nonwritten Cultural Materials: Possibilities and Issues Regarding Nonwritten Cultural Materials Joint Research and Compilation Project on "Multilingual Version of Pictopedia of Everyday Life in Medieval Japan" |
Affiliation | Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies |
Title | Associate Professor |
Discipline | History of Chinese Society and Economy |
Steering Committee
TERM:As of April 1, 2025
The steering committee is comprised of the director, associate director, secretary general, and chief research fellows, and discusses and handles the day-to-day issues that arise in the management of the Center, and organizes agendas to be submitted to the researchers committee.
NAKABAYASHI Hirokazu

SHIITADA Atsushi
Position | In charge of Publication(Chief Editor) |
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Joint Research Projects | Places of Worship in Modern Japan and Overseas Japanese Shrine Reconsidering Nonwritten Cultural Materials: Possibilities and Issues Regarding Nonwritten Cultural Materials |
Affiliation | Graduate School of History and Folklore Studies |
Title | Professor |
Discipline | Modern Japanese History, History of Ryukyu |

KAKUYAMA Tomoko
Position | In charge of Book Selection |
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Joint Research Projects | Media, Body, and Gender in Turn of the Century Europe |
Affiliation | Course in European and American Languages and Cultures, Graduate School of Humanities |
Title | Associate Professor |
Discipline | Austrian / Central European design history |

MATSUURA Satoko
Position | In charge of Academic Exchange |
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Joint Research Projects | |
Affiliation | Course of Chinese Language and Culture, Graduate School of Humanities |
Title | Professor |
Discipline | Chinese Classical Literature/Chinese Popular Literature |

YAMAGUCHI Taro
Position | In charge of Publication |
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Joint Research Projects | Research on Sea and Port Canals—Canals in Yokohama and Asia |
Affiliation | Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies |
Title | Associate Professor |
Discipline | Human Geography, Landscape Studies |

YAMAMOTO Shino
Position | In charge of Publication |
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Joint Research Projects | Systematic Research on Lodgings in Modern Japan |
Affiliation | Graduate School of History and Folklore Studies |
Title | Professor |
Discipline | Folklore |

Researchers Committee
The researchers committee is comprised of the researchers of the Center and functions as its core, deliberating and making decisions on the following items related to the management of the center.
- Research and study of nonwritten cultural materials.
- Management and operations.
- Budget.
- Personnel.
- Other important issues.
Administrative Office
To conduct administrative tasks for this Center, an office has been established, and takes over the tasks formerly undertaken by the administration office of the COE Program.