FACULTY OF LETTERS

The Faculty of Letters is the undergraduate-level arm of the School of Humanities and Sociology. The departments of the Faculty offer undergraduate instruction in 26 specialized courses, grouped in 4 major fields of study. Approximately 350 students who have completed the initial two-year program at the College of General Education are accepted annually and enroll in one of the four major fields, which are as follows:

I. Philosophy and Religion
II. History
III. Language and Culture
IV. Psychology and Sociology

As of April 2005 the teaching staff at the Faculty of Letters consists of 78 professors, 27 associate professors, several visiting professors and a number of foreign instructors. In addition, there are over 100 part-time lecturers.

Dean: TAKAHASHI, Kazuhisa, Professor
(Head of Administrative Office: ISHIKAWA, Kaoru)

Department of Philosophy

AMANO, Masayuki, Professor, Philosophy

MATSUNAGA, Sumio, Professor, Philosophy

TAKAYAMA, Mamoru, Professor, Philosophy

ICHINOSE, Masaki, Associate Professor, Philosophy

SAKAKIBARA, Tetsuya, Associate Professor, Philosophy

SUZUKI, Izumi, Associate Professor, Philosophy

Department of Chinese Philosophy

SATO, Shinichi, Professor, Intellectual History of Modern China

KAWAHARA, Hideki, Professor, History of Chinese Science

KOJIMA, Tsuyoshi, Associate Professor, Intellectual History of Late Imperial China

YOKOTE, Yutaka, Associate Professor,

Department of Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Studies

SAITO, Akira, Professor, Indian Philosophy

SUEKI, Fumihiko, Professor, Japenese Buddhism

MARUI, Hiroshi, Professor, Indian Philosophy

SHIMODA, Masahiro, Associate Professor, Indian Buddhism

Department of Ethics

TAKEUCHI, Seiichi, Professor,

SEKINE, Seizo, Professor, Occidental Ethical Thoughts

KANNO, Kakumyo, Professor, Japanese Ethical Thoughts

KUMANO, Sumihiko, Associate Professor,

Department of Religious Studies

SHIMAZONO, Susumu, Professor, Japanese Religious Thoughts

TSURUOKA, Yoshio, Professor,

ICHIKAWA, Hiroshi, Professor, History of Religions

IKEZAWA, Masaru, Associate Professor, History of Chinese Religions

Department of Aesthetics

FUJITA, Kazuyoshi, Professor, Aesthetics

NISHIMURA, Kiyokazu, Professor,

WATANABE, Hiroshi, Professor, Aesthetics

OTABE, Tanehisa, Associate Professor, Aesthetics

Department of Islamic Studies

TAKESHITA, Masataka, Professor, Islamic Studies

YANAGIHASHI, Hiroyuki, Associate Professor,

Department of Japanese History

FUJITA, Satoru, Professor, Early Modern Japanese History

YOSHIDA, Nobuyuki, Professor, Early Modern Japanese History

MURAI, Shosuke, Professor, Medieval Japanese History

SATO, Makoto, Professor, Ancient Japanese History

OTSU, Toru, Associate Professor, Ancient Japanese History

NOJIMA, Yoko, Associate Professor, Modern Japanese History

SUZUKI, Jun, Associate Professor, Modern Japanese History

Department of Oriental History

SAKURAI, Yumio, Professor, Southeast Asian History

SHITOMI, Yuzo, Professor, West Asian History

KOMATSU, Hisao, Professor, Central Asian History

KISHIMOTO, Mio, Professor, Chinese History

MIZUSHIMA, Tsukasa, Professor,

YOSHIZAWA, Seiichiro, Associate Professor,

OTOSHI, Tetsuya, Associate Professor,

Yi, Sung Ryule, Lecturer, Ancient Chinese History

Department of Occidental History

KONDO, Kazuhiko, Professor, Modern History of Europe

ISHII, Norie, Professor, Modern History of Europe

FUKASAWA, Katsumi, Professor, Modern History of Europe

TAKAYAMA, Hiroshi, Professor, Medieval History of Europe

HASHIBA, Yuzuru, Associate Professor,

KANO, Osamu, Lecturer,

Department of Archaeology

IMAMURA, Keiji, Professor, Japanese and Asian Archaeology

ONUKI, Shizuo, Professor, Archaeology of Northeast Asia

SATO, Hiroyuki, Associate Professor,

Department of Art History

OSANO, Shigetoshi, Professor, History of Western Art

SATO, Yasuhiro, Professor, History of Japanese Art

AKIYAMA, Akira, Associate Professor,

Department of Linguistics

UWANO, Zendo, Professor, Accentology and Dialectology

KUMAMOTO, Hiroshi, Professor, Indo-European Linguistics

HAYASI, Tooru, Professor, Turkic Linguistics

NISHIMURA Yoshiki, Associate Professor, Cognitive linguistics

Department of Japanese Language and Literature (Japanese Linguistics)

SUZUKI, Tai, Professor,

ONOE, Keisuke, Professor, Japanese Grammar and Syntax

TSUKIMOTO, Masayuki, Professor, History of Japanese Language

IJIMA, Masahiro, Associate Professor,

HIZUME, Shuji, Associate Professor,

Department of Japanese Language and Literature (Japanese Literature)

TADA, Kazuomi, Professor, Ancient Japanese Literature

NAGASHIMA, Hiroaki, Professor, Early Modern Japanese Literature

FUJIWARA, Katsumi, Professor,

WATANABE, Yasuaki, Associate Professor,

ANDO, Hiroshi, Associate Professor,

Department of Chinese Language and Literature

TOKURA, Hidemi, Professor, Chinese Literature

FUJII, Shozo, Professor, Modern Chinese Literature

KIMURA, Hideki, Professor,

ONISHI, Katsuya, Associate professor, Chinese Literature and Language

Department of Indian Language and Literature

TSUCHIDA, Ryutaro, Professor, Indian Language and Literature

TAKAHASHI,Takanobu, Professor, Indian Language and Literature

Department of English Language and Literature

HIRAISHI, Takaki, Professor, American Literature

TAKAHASHI, Kazuhisa, Professor, English Literature

IMANISHI, Noriko, Professor, English Linguistics and Syntactic Theory

OHASHI, Yoichi, Professor, English Literature

SHIBATA, Motoyuki, Professor,

WATANABE, Akira, Associate Professor,

ABE, Masahiko, Associate Professor,

CLARK, Stephen Hedley, Visiting Professor,

Department of German Language and Literature

HIRANO, Yoshihiko, Professor,

MATSUURA, Jun, Professor, German Language and Literature

SHIGETO, Minoru, Professor, German Language and Literature

IVANOVIĆ, Christine, Visiting Associate Professor,

Department of French Language and Literature

SHIOKAWA, Tetsuya, Professor, French Language and Literature

TSUKIMURA, Tatsuo, Professor, French Language and Literature

NAKAJI, Yoshikazu, Professor, French Language and Literature

TSUKAMOTO, Masanori, Associate Professor,

EROUART, Aymeric, Foreign Teacher,

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

HASEMI, Kazuo, Professor, Russian and Polish Literature

KANAZAWA, Michiko, Professor, Russian Literature

NUMANO, Mitsuyoshi, Professor, Russian and Polish Literature

Department of South European Languages and Literatures

NAGAMI, Satoru, Professor, Italian Language and Literature

URA, Kazuaki, Associate Professor, Italian Language and Literature

CERANTOLA, Luigi, Foreign Teacher, Italian Language and Literature

Department of Greek and Latin Classics

ITSUMI, Kiichiro, Professor,

KATAYAMA, Hideo, Professor, Classical Languages and Literature

Department of Psychology

TACHIBANA, Masao, Professor, Physiological Psychology

SATO, Takao, Professor, Visual Perception

TAKANO, Yotaro, Professor, Cognitive Psychology

YOKOSAWA, Kazuhiko, Professor, Cognitive Psychology

Department of Social Psychology

YAMAGUCHI, Susumu, Professor, Experimental Social Psychology

IKEDA, Ken'ichi, Professor, Social Research and Political Psychology

Department of Sociology

SEIYAMA, Kazuo, Professor, Mathematical Sociology

UENO, Chizuko, Professor, Family and Gender Studies

MATSUMOTO, Miwao, Professor, Sociology and Social History

TAKEGAWA, Shogo, Professor, Social Policy and Social Planning

SATO, Kenji, Professor, Social Consciousness and Culture

SHIRAHASE, Sawako, Associate Professor,

AKAGAWA, Manabu, Associate Professor,

KUMAKI, Toshiaki, Associate Professor,