Faculty (alphabetical)

Furuoya Tomohiro

Associate Professor Ph.D. (Literature)

Born in 1967. Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters II (History) (1990, National History); Master's Degree from the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Letters (1992, National History); Completion of Doctoral Program at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Letters (1995, National History); Researcher for the Department of Imperial Palace Sites Investigation (Heijo) of the Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute (1995-1999); Assistant Professor at Nagoya University, School of Letters (1999); Assistant Professor at Nagoya University, Graduate School of Letters (2000).

Specializes in ancient Japanese history. Associate Professor Furuoya has two main research themes: One is the patrimony of an emperor, where he investigates the structure under the officialdom system of rule in order to understand the position of emperor in a country and his ability to control land and people. The other theme pertains to research of ancient cities and the study of unearthed material. Utilizing experience from archaeological investigations at Heijo, Associate Professor Furuoya is researching the formation and development of capital and district offices through the methodology of document history. He also studies excavated narrow strips of wood on which official messages were written, clay posts and document materials including lacquer paper documents.
He expects students to critically absorb previous research and collect as much information from documents as possible from document materials, field and other articles. He strives to foster a student's ability to conduct autonomous research.

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