| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Chinese Language and Literature |
| Graduate School | Chinese Language and Literature |
| Department | Chinese Language and Literature |
Career
| March 1990: | Withdrew from the Doctoral Program in Chinese Linguistics, Graduate School of Humanities, The University of Tokyo |
| April 1995: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Areas
Chinese Linguistics
1) Grammar of Old Chinese
Focusing on Old Chinese from around the 6th century BCE to the turn of the Common Era, he aims to elucidate various aspects of the correlative transformations between syntax and grammatical categories, as well as the different factors involved in these changes. In recent years, he has focused on aspects and modality, aiming to outline the grammatical system of Old Chinese as the foundation of a 3,000-year history of Chinese grammar.
2) Studies of Chinese Characters
In addition to deciphering script materials excavated from the Warring States, Qin, and Han periods, he investigates regional differences in character usage, the realities of script unification under the Qin Dynasty, and related script policies, all from the perspective of how language was transformed into written form. Along with historical research on Chinese characters as a writing system for the Chinese language, he has recently become interested in re-examining the introduction of Chinese characters to Japan within the broader context of various cultural phenomena associated with kanji.
