1. The Medieval Mediterranean and the Kingdom of Sicily

Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 1993, 560 pp.

Suntory Award
Collegium Mediterranistarum Award
Premio Marco Polo

• Mainichi Shinbun,1993, Morning Newspaper,Review
• Bunka-Shigaku, 49 (1993), Review Article
• Shigaku-Zasshi, 103-6 (June 1994), Review Article
• Chichukaigaku-kenkyu, 17 (1994), Review Article
• Rekishigaku-kenkyu, 658 (1994), Review
• Shirin, 77-1 (1994), Review Article
• Seiyoshigaku, 178 (1995), Review Article
• Yomiuri Shinbun, 19 July 1994(Tuesday), Morning Newspaper, "Kao (Face)"

2a. The Administration of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily

Leiden/New York/Cologne, E. J. Brill, 1993 July, xxi + 281 pp., hardcover & paperback (Series: The Medieval Mediterranean 3)

Revised English Edition of Chusei Chichukai Sekai-to Sichilia Okoku (The Medieval Mediterranean and the Kingdom of Sicily)

• Choice, January '94
• Irenikon, January '94
• Nuova Rivista Storica, 78-1('94)
• NYT FRA Historien, 43-1 (Spring '94)
• Studi Medievali, 35-2 (December '94)
• History, 80 (June '95)
• Historische Zeitschrift, 262 ('96)

2b. The Administration of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily

Leiden/New York/Koln, E. J. Brill, 1993 July, xxi + 281 pp., paperback (Series: The Medieval Mediterranean 3)

Paperback Edition

3. A Mysterious Medieval Kingdom: Crossroads of European, Byzantine and Islamic Cultures

Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 1995, 360 pp.

• Nishinihon Shinbun, 24 September 1995 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper, Review
• Asahi Shinbun, 29 October 1995 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper,Review
• Chichukaigakkai Geppo, 183 (October 1995), "Jicho wo Kataru (Talk About My Book)"
• Sekai Nippo, 27 November 1995 (Monday), Morning Newspaper,Review
• Sobun, 372(December 1995), "Bunka no Fukei (Landscape of Cultures)"
• Rekishi to Chiri, 486（February 96), Review
• Seiyoshigaku, 182（September 1996), Review Article
• Shigaku-Zasshi, 107-9（September 1998), Review Article

4. The Age of Hard Academism

Tokyo, Kodansha,1998, 230 pp.

• Yomiuri Shinbun, 19 July 1998 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper, "Hon to Hito (Books and Persons)"
• Asahi Shinbun, 19 July 1998 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper, "New Books, My Selection"
• Yamgauchi Shinbun, 20 July 1998 (Monday), Morning Newspaper, Review
• Kaigisho News, 1 August 1998 (Saturday), "Prizm"
• Nihon Keizai Shinbun, 3 August 1998 (Monday), Evening Newspaer, "Kane"
• Tokyo Shinbun, 6 September 1998, Morning Newspaper, "Chosha ni Kiku (Ask the Author)"
• Tokyo Daigaku Shinbun, 1998, Review
• Works, September 1998, "Message from the Author"
• This is Yomiuri, October 1998, Review
• Asteion, 50 (Autumn 1998), Review
• I R Magazine, October/ November 1998, Brief Notice
• Shigaku-Zasshi, 107-12 (December 1998), Review
• Quality Nursing, 4-12 (December 1998), Review
• Bulletin of the Center for Educational Development, Hokkaido Tokai Univ., 11 (1998), Review Article
• Bulletin of Nagoya Municipal Univ., 20 May 1999
• Tokyo Daigaku Shinbun, 18 April 2000, "6 books on academism"
• The Keizai Seminar, 546 (July 2000), "Importance of Hard Academism"

5. Medieval Kingdom of Sicily

Tokyo, Kodansha,1999, 204 pp.

• Nihon Keizai Shinbun, 10 October 1999 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper, Short Notice
• Akahata, 11 October 1999 (Monday), Short Notice
• Mainichi Shinbun, 31 October 1999 (Sunday), Evening Newspaper, Review
• Asahi Shinbun, 7 November 1999 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper, "New Books, My Selection"
• Nishinihon Shinbun, 11 November 1999 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper, Review
• Rekishi-to Chiri, 531 (February 2000), Review
• Shigaku-Zasshi, 109-2 (February 2000), Review

6. History: Insight for the Future　 - From Medieval Sicily to Global History -

Tokyo, Yamakawa Shuppansha, 2002, 189 pp.

• Nishinihon Shinbun, 17 August 2002 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper, "Insight for History"
• Gakuto, vol. 99, no. 11 (November 2002), Review

7. Learning and Globalization

Tokyo, Keiso Shobo, 2003, 233 pp.

• Nihon Keizai Shinbun, 28 September 2003 (Sunday), Morning Newspaper, Short Notice
• Gakuto, vol. 100, no. 11 (November 2003), Short Notice
• Economist (Japan), 11 November 2003 (Monday), Notice on History Books

8. Coexistence of Civilizations

Tokyo, Nihon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai, 2003, 140 pp.

9. Europe and the Islamic World

Tokyo, Yamakawa Shuppansha, 2007, 89 pp.

10． Study of the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily: Crossroads of the Mediterranean Civilizations

University of Tokyo Press, August 28, 2015, 484 pp.

11． Sicily and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages,

Abingdon, Routledge, April 8, 2019, xx + 394 pp., (Series: Variorum Collected Studies 1076)

1. Images of Regions,

co-edited with N. Karashima

Tokyo, Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1997, 422 pp.

2．Introduction to the Study of Medieval European History,

co-edited with S. Sato & S. Ikegami

Nagoya, Nagoya University Press, 2000, 360 pp.

2b．Introduction to the Study of Medieval European History, 2nd ed.,

co-edited with S. Sato & S. Ikegami

Nagoya, Nagoya University Press, 2005, 414 pp.

3. Formation of Regions,

co-edited with N. Karashima

Tokyo, Yamakawa Shuppansha, 2000, 368 pp.

4. Janet L. Abu-Lugod, Before European Hegemony,

co-translated with T. Sato, Y. Shiba, and T. Miura

Tokyo, Iwanami Shoten, 2001, 1st vol., 264+24 pp., 2nd vol. 200+91 pp.

5. Courts and Public Squares

co-edited with S. Ikegami,

Tokyo, Tosui Shobo, 2002, 344 pp.

6. Small Dictionary of the World History

co-edited with M. Shibata and others,

Tokyo, Yamakawa Shuppansha, 2004, 1063 pp.

7. Introduction to Medieval Studies

co-edited with S. Ikegami,

Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 2005, 398 pp.

8. Religious Beliefs and Others

co-edited with K. Fukasawa,

Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 2006, 334 pp.