Research fields:
Japanese Literature Program, Literature in Chuko (Heian Literature)
Research themes:
Studies of narrative literature including The Tale of Genji and diary literature. Acceptance in The Tale of Genji
[Keywords]The Tale of Genji, royal authority, old commentaries
Main books and papers:
◆“Genji Monogatari no Shiteki Ishiki to Hoho” (The Historical Consciousness and Method of The Tale of Genji) Shintensha, 2018
◆“‘Genji Monogatari’ Sumiyoshi no Hama” (“The Tale of Genji” Sumiyoshi Beach) (“Hamabe no Bungakushi” (The History of Literature on the Beaches) Kenichi Suzuki (editor), Miyaishoten, 2017)
◆“‘Utsuho Monogatari’ Kuniyuzuri no Maki ni Miru Shizoku no Ronri – ‘Kaguyahime’ no Misadameru ‘Kokorozashi’ to “Kujo Ujosho Ikai” no ‘Isshindoshi’ Kara –” (The Logic of Clan in the section of the Imperial succession of “The Tale of Utsuho” – from the goodwill that Princess Kaguya discovered and ‘Cooperation to realize the same objectives’ in “Teachings by Kujo Minister of the Right” –) Nihon Bungaku (Japanese Literature) Vol. 66, No. 2, 2017
◆“‘Genji Monogatari’ no Rikko to Koikeisho – Shijo no Rikko, Ritsubo Rei kara Uji Jujo no Sekai he –” (The determination of the Empress and the Imperial Succession in “The Tale of Genji” – from the Examples of Determination of the Empress and the Imperial Succession in History to the Ten Stories of Uji) Chuko Bungaku (Literature in Chuko) No. 98, 2016