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Cultural Formation Research Division Lab
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The division seeks to clarify the cultural system of East Asia through the cultural practices expressed in language.
AboutAbout the lab
From language to the formation of cultural consciousness.
The Cultural Formation Research Division works with the Cultural Representation Research Division and plays a part in research that seeks to clarify the overall picture of the cultural system of East Asia, centered on China.
Focusing on cultural practices expressed through language, the division traces the formation of cultural consciousness across the eras from five fields: the history of language, religion, thought, institutions, and New Learning.
Key terms
- History of language
- The field that studies how language has changed over time
- Institutional history
- The field that studies how the systems of states and societies have come into being and changed
ResearchResearch themes
Together with the Humanities Informatics Innovation Center, the division builds resources such as the Nationwide Database of Classical Chinese Texts, and together with the Contemporary China Research Center it also analyzes the deep structures of contemporary China.
*Illustrative imageDescriptive Study of the Sino-Tibetan Languages of the Western Sichuan Corridor
Professor Takumi Ikeda studies "Descriptive Study of the Sino-Tibetan Languages of the Western Sichuan Corridor."
*Illustrative imageBuddhist Scholarship and Practice in India and China
Professor Toru Funayama studies "Buddhist Scholarship and Practice in India and China."
*Illustrative imageStudy of Inter-Dynastic Relations in Eastern Eurasia, 10th–13th Centuries
Professor Takashi Furumatsu studies "Study of Inter-Dynastic Relations in Eastern Eurasia, 10th–13th Centuries."
*Illustrative imageStudy of the Institutional History of the Qin and Han Dynasties
Professor Kiyoshi Miyake studies "Study of the Institutional History of the Qin and Han Dynasties."
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTakumi Ikeda
- ProfessorRyuichi Kogachi
- ProfessorToru Funayama
- ProfessorTakashi Furumatsu
- ProfessorKiyoshi Miyake
- Associate ProfessorNoriko Unno
- Associate ProfessorShotoku Kuramoto
- Associate ProfessorFuminori Tsuchiguchi
- Associate ProfessorMasaki Nohara
- Assistant ProfessorNoriyuki Fujii
- Assistant ProfessorNoriko Miya
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Jika watchtower, Jakayi village, Zhonglu” Marym1718 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Descriptive Study of the Sino-Tibetan Languages of the Western Sichuan Corridor: “Yihun Lhatso” User: (WT-shared) Elyasaf at wts wikivoyage / Public domain (cropped)
- Buddhist Scholarship and Practice in India and China: “A Sanskrit manuscript of Lotus Sutra in South Turkestan Brahmi script” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Study of Inter-Dynastic Relations in Eastern Eurasia, 10th–13th Centuries: “Pagoda built in Liao Dynasty of Yunju Temple” Siyuwj / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Study of the Institutional History of the Qin and Han Dynasties: “Eighteen Laws of Qin on Qin Bamboo Slips ( )” Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China / CC0 (cropped)
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（石川 禎浩） ): “The Bund ( )” Can Pac Swire from Toronto, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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