| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Greek and Latin Classics |
| Graduate School | Greek and Latin Classics |
| Department | Greek and Latin Classics |
Career
| September 1999: | Ph.D., Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2020: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Areas
Western Classical Studies
1) Roman Love Elegy
Research on the love elegy of Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid, with particular focus on the poetic theories embedded within their works.
2) Pastoral Literature
Comparative research on Virgil’s Eclogues and Hellenistic literature.
3) Depictions of Visual Art in Literary Works
Research on ekphrasis (the literary representation of a work of visual art), tracing the development of descriptive techniques in literary history, which began with the depiction of Achilles’ shield in Book 18 of the Iliad.
4) Oral Epic Poetry Research
Research on the formation, distribution, compilation, and transcription processes of Homeric epics.
5) Reception of Western Classics in Italian Literature
Study of the relationships between Boccaccio and Tacitus, Petrarch and Propertius, and Tasso and Virgil.
