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Externally funded research projects 2025

NameAffiliationKAKEN grant categoryResearch project
IWASAKI ShihoResearch 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
SHIBATA RyoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Publication Scientific Research ResultsLocal society and East Asian trade in the Early Medieval period: Archaeology of northwestern Kyushu
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
CHIBA YutaResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-upLocality identification of volcanic rock artifacts excavated from the Teotihuacan site by archaeological scientific analysis and LiDAR survey
CHIBA YutaResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)(Publicly Offered Research)Classification and Clarification of the value of stone materials in Mesoamerica
TSUKUDA AsamiResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for JSPS FellowsNegotiation between Pastoralists, Animals, and Modern Knowledge in the Contemporary Andean Highlands
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 (B)Economy of virtue within religious traditions in Asia
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 JSPS FellowsProviding a Chronological Framework of Ancient Archaeological Sites in Japan by Tree-Ring Dating of Wooden Artifacts
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
MATSUMOTO NaokoResearch 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)
UEMURA GenkiHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Early Phenomenology in Japan: With a Focus on Phenomenology as an International Intellectual Movement
SEIKE AkiraHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)Interdisciplinary research on the structure of monumental royal-class mounded tombs
TASHIRO KoukiHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsResearch on legal system design for the “maintenance of local living environments” by community organizations
TENNOJIYA TatsumasaHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Research on MCS supporting value creation surrounding SDGs
TOKUNAGA SeikoHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)How did Shugendō became Shugendō? A reevaluation of the history of Shugendō
HIGASHINO MasanobuHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsInformation and thought networks in local society during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods: A consideration of letters
MATSUOKA HiroyukiHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsPostwar Democracy in Japan and Hansen’s Disease Sanatoriums: The Case of Nagashima Aiseien
MATSUMURA KeiichiroHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Anthropological Studies of Mobility and Communality: The Inflow of Migrants into Italy and the Realignment of the “Territorio”
MITSUMOTO JunHumanities and Social SciencesGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Reconstruction of kofun theory based on research on Kibi’s square keyhole-shaped mounded tombs
KAWAMOTO NaomiResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Postwar Democracy in Japan and Hansen’s Disease Sanatoriums: The Case of Nagashima Aiseien
SUGIYAMA SaburoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)(Publicly Offered Research)Constructing an evolutionary model by analyzing new LiDAR maps of ancient Oaxacan cities
SUGIYAMA SaburoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)Excavation of the “Palace” in Teotihuacan: Exploring the Creation Mechanism of the Ancient Rulership
SUGIYAMA NawaResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)(Publicly Offered Research)Indigenous science in animal manipulation: exploring the intersection of humans and animals in Teotihuacan
TSUKAMOTO KenichiroResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)(Publicly Offered Research)The Co-creative Relation between Body Politics and Objects in Ancient Maya Civilization
TSUKAMOTO KenichiroResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)Interdisciplinary Research on the Collapse of Ancient Maya Civilization
HAMADA TatsuhikoResearch Institute for the Dynamics of CivilizationsGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)Archaeological research on environmental change and human activity surrounding lagoons during the Jomon period
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