Research Institute
Faculty Members
last modified: April 1, 2011
Director-General
SUDO Ken’ichi
Deputy Directors-General
SASAKI Shiro
Socioeconomic history of reindeer-breeders and forest hunters; Northern Asia, Siberia
SUGIMOTO Yoshio
Social anthropology; Sri Lanka, South India

Research Departments

Department of Social Research

Director: KONAGAYA Yuki
Professors
HAN Min
Social anthropology; China
IKEYA Kazunobu
Environmental anthropology, cultural geography; Southern Africa, Japan
INTOH Michiko
Prehistory of Oceania; Oceania, Island Southeast Asia
KONAGAYA Yuki
Cultural ecology and cosmology; Central Asia, Mongolia
SHOJI Hiroshi
Finno-Ugric linguistics, ethnolinguistics, language policy; Northern Europe, China
SUGIMOTO Yoshio
Social anthropology; Sri Lanka, South India
TAMURA Katsumi
Cultural anthropology; Southeast Asia, East Asia
TSUKADA Shigeyuki
Ethnohistory; Southern China
Associate Professors
HAYASHI Isao
Social structure, cosmology, risk and disaster; Melanesia, Polynesia, Japan
MATTHEWS, Peter J.
Ethnobotany, prehistory, crop plant biogeography; Asia, Pacific
MISHIMA Teiko
Anthropology, international migration; Senegal, West Africa
SATO Koji
Architectural history, ethno-architecture; Southeast Asia, Oceania
UDAGAWA Taeko
Cultural anthropology, gender studies; Italy, Mediterranean Europe
YOKOYAMA Hiroko
Cultural anthropology, Chinese society and culture
Assistant Professors
SUGASE Akiko
Anthropology, Middle Eastern Area Study
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Department of Cultural Research

Director: YASUGI Yoshiho
Professors
KONDO Masaki
Folk materials, folklore; Japan, Europe
MORI Akiko
Cultural anthropology, ethnography of central Europe, Germany, Austria, Japan
NAKAMAKI Hirochika
Japanese religion, Brazilian company culture; Japan, U.S.A., Brazil
SASAKI Shiro
Socioeconomic history of reindeer-breeders and forest hunters; Northern Asia, Siberia
TERADA Yoshitaka
Ethnomusicology, performing arts of Asia
YASUGI Yoshiho
Linguistic anthropology, writing systems, Mayan civilization; Mesoamerica
YOSHIMOTO Shinobu
Textile arts and technology; Asia, Africa, America, Europe
Associate Professors
HIRAI Kyonosuke
Economic anthropology, anthropology of work; Southeast Asia
HIROSE Koujirou
Japanese religious history, folklore
KAWAGUCHI Yukiya
Contemporary African art, cultural representation in display; Sub-saharan Africa
KIKUSAWA Ritsuko
Linguistics, Austronesian languages
SHINMEN Mitsuhiro
Science of religion; Eastern Europe
YAMANAKA Yuriko
Comparative study of traditions on Alexander the Great; West Asia, Iran
Assistant Professors
SAITO Reiko
Ainu and Northern Indigenous Peoples studies, material cultureG North Pacific Rim
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Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology

Director: KISHIGAMI Nobuhiro
Professors
KISHIGAMI Nobuhiro
Cultural anthropology, Inuit studies, anthropology of marine resources
SEKIMOTO Teruo
Cultural anthropology, anthropology of work; Southeast Asia
SUZUKI Nanami
Medical Anthropology, Social History of Medicine
TAKEZAWA Shoichiro
Afirican history, history of anthropological thought; West Africa
Associate Professors
CHEN Tien-shi
Cultural anthropology, international political economy, Chinese diaspora, statelessness
SAITO Akira
Ethnohistory; Latin America
SHIRAKAWA Chihiro
Cultural anthropology, anthropology of development
SUZUKI Motoi
Anthropological Perspectives on Development Assistance Evaluations
Assistant Professors
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Center for Research Development

Director: NISHIO Tetsuo
Professors
SASAHARA Ryoji
Folk culture, performing arts; Japan
SEKI Yuji
South American archaeology, cultural anthropology
NISHIO Tetsuo
Linguistics, Arab culture, Middle East, North Africa
NOBAYASHI Atsushi
Ethnoarchaeology, material culture; Austronesian cultures; East Asia, Formosa
Associate Professors
KASHINAGA Masao
Ethnography of Southeast Asia; Vietnam, Tai area
MIO Minoru
Religious anthropology; South Asia, India
NOBUTA Toshihiro
Social anthropology; Southeast Asia, Malaysia
Assistant Professors
NIWA Norio
Social anthropology, Oceania regional research
OTA Shimpei
Integration and Variation of Social Cultures in Korean Society
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Research Center for Cultural Resources

Director: ASAKURA Toshio
Professors
ASAKURA Toshio
Social structures in East Asia; Korea, Japan
KOBAYASHI Shigeki
Museum science, cultural anthropology
KUBO Masatoshi
Ethno-informatics, media and culture, computer ethnology; Australia
SONODA Naoko
Conservation science
YOSHIDA Kenji
Anthropology of expressive culture; Africa, Europe, Japan
Associate Professors
FUKUOKA Shota
Ethnomusicology; Southeast Asia, Indonesia
HIDAKA shingo
Conservation science
IIDA Taku
Ecological anthropology, fisher studies; Madagascar, Japan
MINAMI Makito
Ecological anthropology; South Asia
YAMAMOTO Yasunori
Museum informatics
Assistant Professors
ITO Atsunori
Social Anthropology, Native American Studies, Indigenous Arts and Intellectual Property Issues
UEBA Yoko
Race art study, Dyeing and weaving research, Handicraft research
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