Organization

Steering Committee

TERM:As of April 1, 2026

Director SHIITADA Atsushi

Joint Research Projects Compilation of“Multilingual Version of Pictopedia of Everyday Life in Medieval Japan”
Landscape Transformation and Historicization of Overseas Shinto Spaces (Ritual Spaces)
Reconsidering Nonwritten Cultural Materials: Possibilities and Issues Regarding Nonwritten Cultural Materials
Affiliation Department of History and Folklore Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies
Title Professor
Discipline Modern Japanese History, History of Ryukyu
SHIITADA Atsushi

KAKUYAMA Tomoko

Joint Research Projects Graphic Novel Studies in Europe: Hybrid Forms of the Medium and Historical Representation
Affiliation Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies
Title Associate Professor
Discipline Austrian / Central European design history
KAKUYAMA Tomoko

MATSUURA Satoko

Joint Research Projects The “Body” and Materials from the Early Modern Period Onward in China and Neighboring Spheres
Affiliation Department of Chinese, Faculty of Foreign Languages
Title Professor
Discipline Chinese Classical Literature/Chinese Popular Literature
MATSUURA Satoko

SUNAMOTO Fumihiko

Joint Research Projects Landscape Transformation and Historicization of Overseas Shinto Spaces (Ritual Spaces)
Affiliation Department of History and Folklore Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies
Title Professor
Discipline Modern and Contemporary Architectural History of Japan and Korea
YAMAGUCHI Taro

YAMAGUCHI Taro

Joint Research Projects Landscape of Yokohama and its Transformation: Focusing on Canals
Affiliation Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies
Title Associate Professor
Discipline Human Geography, Landscape Studies
YAMAGUCHI Taro

YAMAMOTO Shino

Joint Research Projects Systematic Research on Lodgings in Modern Japan
Affiliation Department of History and Folklore Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies
Title Professor
Discipline Folklore
YAMAMOTO Shino

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.

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.