Research fields:
Literary Arts and Media Program, Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature
Research themes:
Saisei Muro, Town and literature surrounding Asakusa, Relationship between language and imagination
[Keywords]
Saisei Muro, Asakusa, City, Fiction and Reality
Main books and papers:
◆“Kaiso no nakade Mirai wo Katarukoto: Muro Saisei ‘Konjiki no Hae’ niokeru ‘Aru Hi’ wo Megutte” (Talking about the Future in Reminiscence: in accordance with ‘a Certain Day’ in Saisei Muro’s ‘Golden Fly’)(“Muro Saisei Kenkyu”[Study of Saisei Muro] vol. 44), 2021
◆“Taunshi Gekkan ‘Asakusa’ to Asakusa Bungei” (Monthly Town Magazine ‘Asakusa’ and Asakusa Literature) (“Utako” vol. 27), 2019
◆“‘Annaiki’ kara Kieyukumono: Showa 20-nendai no Asakusa to Fukko” (Disappearing Things from the ‘Guide’: Asakusa in the 1920’s of the Showa Period and Reconstruction) (“Showa Bungaku Kenkyu” [Study of Showa Literature] vol. 75), 2017
◆“Asakusa Bungei Handobukku” (Asakusa Literature Handbook) (Joint authorship) Benseisha Publishing, 2016
◆“Saisei toiu Kako” (A Fiction Called Saisei) Shinwasha, 2016
◆“Saisei Bungaku niokeru ‘Asakusa’ Hyosho no Hensen: Muro Saisei no Kantodaishinsai Zengo” (Transition of Representations of ‘Asakusa’ in Saisei Literature: Saisei Muro Around the Great Kanto Earthquake) (‘Shakai Bungaku’ [Social Literature] vol. 39), 2014