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Externally funded research projects 2026

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(Principal Investigator)

NameAffiliationKAKEN grant categoryResearch project
TSUMORI TakayukiResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Archaeological Study on the Landscape Reconstruction and Living Structure of Manor in the Seto Inland Sea Coastal Area
SHIBATA RyoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsReconsidering the social structure of Medieval western Japan through a multifaceted analysis of stone pagodas
SUZUKI ShintaroResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)Bioarchaeology of Human Migration in the Formation and Development of the Ancient Maya
NOZAKI TakahiroResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Fundamental research on the 17th Division garrison of the Imperial Japanese Army
HAMAYA MarikoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)An Anthropological Study of Charitable Activities among Indian Women Migrants
MAEDA HitokiResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsThe History of Wood Utilization and Regional Interaction on the Tango Peninsula through Wood Identification of Wooden Artifacts
MAEDA HitokiResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for JSPS FellowsEarly Phenomenology in Japan: With a Focus on Phenomenology as an International Intellectual Movement
IMAZU KatsunoriResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)Materia-Mind: Constructing a New Human Historical Science of the Co-creation of Material and Mind
MATSUMOTO NaokoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)Mutual Construction of Objects and Humans: Empirical and Theoretical Study of the Materia-Mind (Material and Mind Group)
MATSUMOTO NaokoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Early Phenomenology in Japan: With a Focus on Phenomenology as an International Intellectual Movement
MURAKAMI TomomiResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)A Study of Silk Textiles from the Western Regions Based on Archaeological Materials from Central Eurasia: Toward the Provenance Identification of Textiles
MURAKAMI NanaResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsVillage Forms and Social Functions in Ancient times: A Comparative Study of Japan and Silla
RYAN JosephResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)How did Shugendō became Shugendō? A reevaluation of the history of Shugendō
UEMURA GenkiFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Information and thought networks in local society during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods: A consideration of letters
OKUBO NorikoFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Indigenous science in animal manipulation: exploring the intersection of humans and animals in Teotihuacan
TASHIRO KoukiFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsPostwar Democracy in Japan and Hansen’s Disease Sanatoriums: The Case of Nagashima Aiseien
TSUMORI TakayukiFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)The Co-creative Relation between Body Politics and Objects in Ancient Maya Civilization
TOKUNAGA SeikoFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Reconstruction of kofun theory based on research on Kibi’s square keyhole-shaped mounded tombs
HIGASHINO MasanobuFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsPostwar Democracy in Japan and Hansen’s Disease Sanatoriums: The Case of Nagashima Aiseien
MATSUOKA HiroyukiFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsConstructing an evolutionary model by analyzing new LiDAR maps of ancient Oaxacan cities
MITSUMOTO JunFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Excavation of the “Palace” in Teotihuacan: Exploring the Creation Mechanism of the Ancient Rulership
KAWAMOTO NaomiResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Interdisciplinary Research on the Collapse of Ancient Maya Civilization
SUGIYAMA SaburoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)The representation of sacred bodies in Sumo prints: Rethinking the religious background of Ukiyo-e
SUGIYAMA SaburoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)Providing a Chronological Framework of Ancient Archaeological Sites in Japan by Tree-Ring Dating of Wooden Artifacts
SUGIYAMA NawaResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)Provenance and Exchange Networks of Kofun-period Glass Beads: A Large-scale High-Precision Analytical Study
CHIBA YutaResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)An Analysis of Temporal Shifts and Spatial Variations in Obsidian Preference within Teotihuacan
CHIBA YutaResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)Classification and Clarification of the value of stone materials in Mesoamerica
TSUKAMOTO KenichiroResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)Reassessing ancient East Asian interactions through an empirical comparative analysis of Japanese and Korean iron weapons
TSUKAMOTO KenichiroResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)Toward Resilient Port Infrastructure under Evolving Global Logistics: Design and Evaluation of Hard and Soft Measures