Externally funded research projects 2026
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research（Principal Investigator）
| Name | Affiliation | KAKEN grant category | Research project |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSUMORI Takayuki | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-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 Ryo | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists | Reconsidering the social structure of Medieval western Japan through a multifaceted analysis of stone pagodas |
| SUZUKI Shintaro | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) | Bioarchaeology of Human Migration in the Formation and Development of the Ancient Maya |
| TARORA Maki | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up | Development of an Integrated Analytical Method for the Morphological and Internal Structural Analysis of Pottery using Digital Technology and Advanced Analytical Techniques |
| TSUKUDA Asami | esearch Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows | Negotiation between Pastoralists, Animals, and Modern Knowledge in the Contemporary Andean Highlands |
| NOZAKI Takahiro | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | Fundamental research on the 17th Division garrison of the Imperial Japanese Army |
| HAMAYA Mariko | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | An Anthropological Study of Charitable Activities among Indian Women Migrants |
| MAEDA Hitoki | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists | The History of Wood Utilization and Regional Interaction on the Tango Peninsula through Wood Identification of Wooden Artifacts |
| MAEDA Hitoki | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows | Early Phenomenology in Japan: With a Focus on Phenomenology as an International Intellectual Movement |
| IMAZU Katsunori | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) | Materia-Mind: Constructing a New Human Historical Science of the Co-creation of Material and Mind |
| MATSUMOTO Naoko | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-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 Naoko | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) | Early Phenomenology in Japan: With a Focus on Phenomenology as an International Intellectual Movement |
| MURAKAMI Tomomi | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-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 Nana | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists | Village Forms and Social Functions in Ancient times: A Comparative Study of Japan and Silla |
| RYAN Joseph | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) | How did Shugendō became Shugendō? A reevaluation of the history of Shugendō |
| UEMURA Genki | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | Information and thought networks in local society during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods: A consideration of letters |
| OKUBO Noriko | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | Indigenous science in animal manipulation: exploring the intersection of humans and animals in Teotihuacan |
| TASHIRO Kouki | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists | Postwar Democracy in Japan and Hansen’s Disease Sanatoriums: The Case of Nagashima Aiseien |
| TSUMORI Takayuki | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | The Co-creative Relation between Body Politics and Objects in Ancient Maya Civilization |
| TOKUNAGA Seiko | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | Reconstruction of kofun theory based on research on Kibi’s square keyhole-shaped mounded tombs |
| HIGASHINO Masanobu | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists | Postwar Democracy in Japan and Hansen’s Disease Sanatoriums: The Case of Nagashima Aiseien |
| MATSUOKA Hiroyuki | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists | Constructing an evolutionary model by analyzing new LiDAR maps of ancient Oaxacan cities |
| MITSUMOTO Jun | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) | Excavation of the “Palace” in Teotihuacan: Exploring the Creation Mechanism of the Ancient Rulership |
| KAWAMOTO Naomi | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | Interdisciplinary Research on the Collapse of Ancient Maya Civilization |
| SUGIYAMA Saburo | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) | The representation of sacred bodies in Sumo prints: Rethinking the religious background of Ukiyo-e |
| SUGIYAMA Saburo | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) | Providing a Chronological Framework of Ancient Archaeological Sites in Japan by Tree-Ring Dating of Wooden Artifacts |
| SUGIYAMA Nawa | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) | Provenance and Exchange Networks of Kofun-period Glass Beads: A Large-scale High-Precision Analytical Study |
| CHIBA Yuta | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | An Analysis of Temporal Shifts and Spatial Variations in Obsidian Preference within Teotihuacan |
| CHIBA Yuta | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) | Classification and Clarification of the value of stone materials in Mesoamerica |
| TSUKAMOTO Kenichiro | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) | Reassessing ancient East Asian interactions through an empirical comparative analysis of Japanese and Korean iron weapons |
| TSUKAMOTO Kenichiro | Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) | Toward Resilient Port Infrastructure under Evolving Global Logistics: Design and Evaluation of Hard and Soft Measures |