Below is a list of my publications and other projects:
Book Chapters:
2021, 「イギリス人のみる和食―「食」における日英相互認識の食い違い―」、 『和食文化学入門』臨川書店、（Igirisujin no miru Washoku – ‘Shoku’ ni okeru Nichiei Sōgo Ninshiki no Kuichigai, in Satō Yōichirō, Mori Shirō, Hiramoto Takeshi (eds.), Washoku Bunkagaku Nyūmon), pp. 271-295.
2014, Mutô Chôzô (1881-1942), and A Short History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, in Hugh Cortazzi (ed.) Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume IX, Renaissance Books, pp. 406-412.
2010, Nakai Hiromu (1838-1894): A Forgotten hero of Anglo-Japanese Relations, in Hugh Cortazzi (ed.) Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume VII, Global Oriental, pp. 33-43.
Academic Papers：
2022 Dec., A Jester and His Kings – Nakai Hiromu and the Meiji Elite, in The Scientific Reports of Kyoto Prefectural University, Humanities, No. 74, Kyoto Prefectural University, pp. 1-30. Full paper available for download here.
2019 Dec., (Co-authored with Yamaguchi Michiyo,山口美知代と共著) 英語ボランティア活動における動機と成果 : ICOM 2019 での京都学・歴彩館収蔵庫ツアー、展示解説、(Motivations and Results of English Volunteer Activities : Social Events at Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives at ICOM 2019), in The Scientific Reports of Kyoto Prefectural University, Humanities, No. 71, Kyoto Prefectural University, pp. 159-171. Full paper available for download here (Japanese).
2015, Expelling the Barbarian and the Last Stand: Examining the Newly Established Meiji Government’s Reaction to Foreign Pressure and National Strife in 1868, in The Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, Aichi Prefectural University, No.47 Area Studies and International Relations, pp.47-81. Full paper available for download here.
2012, Globalising Japanese History: The Significance of Teaching in English in Japanese Universities, in the JACET Chubu Journal, The Japan Association of College English Teachers, Chubu Chapter, Volume 10, pp. 29-41 (available to view online here).
2011, The Language of Exploration: Poetic Musings of Nakai Hiromu, a Bakumatsu/Meiji Period Globe Trotter – An Annotated Poetry Translation with Content Analysis, in the Journal of the Research Institute for World Languages, Osaka University, No. 6, pp.57-83 (available to view online in full, here).
2008, Mutual Perceptions Within Anglo-Japanese Relations – An Historical Overview, in the journal “Social Systems” Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Social Systems Publications, No. 11, pp. 137-150
2007, Nakai Hiromu －Unsung Hero of Anglo-Japanese Relations－, in the journal “Social Systems” Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Social Systems Publications, No. 10, pp. 25-37
Other Published Articles：
2022 Dec., Rokumeikan no Nazuke Oya to Choshu Han no Shinyu – Enkai-zuki na Meiji Genkun tachi Nakai Hiromu, Ito Hirobumi to Inoue Kaoru no Hanashi, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No.50, pp. 5-6
2022 Jun., Nakai Hiromu ni totte Kyôiku no Jûyôsa, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 48, pp. 5-6
2021 Dec., Shôren-in Monseki no Fukkô Shien to Nakai Hiromu, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 46, pp. 4-5
2019 Dec., Victoria Jidai Eikokuno Tabi, Nakai Hiromu ga Taiken shita London no Machi Fûkei, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 38, p. 4
2019 Jun., Victoria Jidai Eikoku e no Tabi, Nakai Hiromu ga Taiken shita Tetsudô, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 36, p. 8-9
2019 Mar., Nakai Hiromu ga Mita Igirisu, Eikokujin Josei no Hen, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 35, p. 4-5
2018 Sept., Nakai Hiromu ga Mita Igirisu, Victoria-jô no Hen, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 33, p. 3-4
2016 Dec., Eiseifu Daihyo ga Mita Nakai Hiromu, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 26, p. 2-3
2015 Oct., Sakamoto Ryoma to Nakai Hiromu no Kankei, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 23, p. 4-5
2015 Feb., Bakumatsu-Meiji Jidai ni okeru Idai na Jinbutsutachi no Nakama datta Nakai Hiromu, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 21, p. 4-5
2014 July, Nakai Hiromu chô “Seiyô Kikô – Kôkai Shinsetsu” no Kanshi Sono Ichi, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 19, p. 8-9
2014 Jan., Nakai Hiromu no Tabi Nikki “Seiyô Kikô – Kôkai Shinsetsu”, Sono Ni, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 17, p.7-8
2013 July, Nakai Hiromu no Tabi Nikki “Seiyô Kikô – Kôkai Shinsetsu”, Sono Ichi, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 15, p. 9-10
2012 July, “Nawate Jiken” Nakai Hiromu no Jûyô na Yakuwari, Kinji Shinbun, Kyoto Ryoma Association, No. 11, p. 6-7
2008 Dec., A Forgotten Hero, School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) Newsletter, No. 17, p. 13 (ISSN 1472-6653)
2008, Nakai Hiromu to Nichiei Kankeishi [Nakai Hiromu and the History of Anglo-Japanese Relations] in “Scholarship 2008 Nenpo”, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Foundation, 2008 No.19, p. 42
2007, Nihon to Igirisu no Kyorikan, in International Communications Foundation Journal (ICF), No. 25 pp. 14-15
2007, Kyō no “Taikomochi” Chiji – Nakai Hiromu, Kyō no Hatsugen, No. 7 pp. 65-67
2005, Nichiei Kankei-shi, accessible at the following website.
2004, (Book review) Iyagarase ni naru hodo no ryō, Sakamoto Ryoma no Hon, in Teiyō, Kyoto University Coop Publications No.230 (Feature Article: Heroes of the Bakumatsu Restoration)
Translations：
2014, Nakai Hiromu’s, A Travel Sketch of the West – A New Account of Crossing the Seas, Book Two: An Annotated Translation, in The Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, Aichi Prefectural University, No.46 Area Studies and International Relations, pp.255-292. Full paper available for download here.
2013, Nakai Hiromu’s, A Travel Sketch of the West – A New Account of Crossing the Seas, Book One: An Annotated Translation, in The Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, Aichi Prefectural University, No.45 Area Studies and International Relations, pp.259-291. Full paper available for download here.
2004, Paper by Kyoto Saga Art University Prof. Yamamura Takayoshi: Tourism Development and Resident Participation in Rural Areas of China: The Case of Baihua Village in Huangshan, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, Report for the Museum of Ethnology
2002, Winter Cities’ Conference Commemorative Opening Brochure for the Noh and Kyōgen Performance (held on February 9th 2002 at 6pm)
2001, Center of Northology Aomori Homepage (English translation)
2001, International Design Competition: Northern Style Housing Complex in Aomori (poster translation)
Conference Presentations:
2022, December 3rd: Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Annual Meeting 2022
Wellbeing in Contemporary Japan Embodying Techniques, Skills, and Environments at Kyoto University, Kyoto. Panel title: Crafting Wellbeing through Art. Chaired by Debra Occhi (Miyazaki International College). Presentation title: Art and Wellbeing in Japan: The Dot Mandala Painting Phenomenon.
2022, September 5th: 『フランシス・ブリンクリーと（イギリスの）ジャポニズム』(“Francis Brinkley and (Britain’s) Japonisme”)、国際史研究会 (International History Research Association)、オンライン開催 (online meeting)
2019, October 26th: “Translation is not research!” 中井弘著『西洋紀行―航海新説』を英訳するに当たって、京都府大英文学会(English Literary Society of Kyoto Prefectural University)
2010, November 6th: British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) at Doshisha University, Kyoto. Paper title: Nakai Hiromu: Bakumatsu Hero of Anglo-Japanese Relations
2008, ASCJ2008 (Asian Studies Conference Japan) At Rikkyo University, Tokyo. Panel Title：“Modernization and Internationalization in Bakumatsu/Meiji Japan: Literary and Historical Perspectives on the Individuals involved in the Transformation of a Nation”. Chairperson/Organizer: Eleanor Robinson, Kyoto University. Discussant: Mamiko Ito, Gakushuin University Presentation Title：Nakai Hiromu: Forgotten Meiji Statesman and Hero of Anglo-Japanese Relations
Lectures/Seminars (Public Speaking) ：
2022, September 8th, （９月８日）、「京都のジャポニズム」(Kyoto’s Japonisme)、京都学ラウンジミニ講座 (Kyoto Studies Lounge Mini Lecture)、『９月の京都学ラウンジ ミニ講座 京都府立大学 共催特別企画』、京都府立京都学・歴彩館 (held at the Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives, [Rekisaikan])
2021, August 18th, （８月１８日）、「イギリスに行った日本人留学生は府知事となった！—薩摩藩士の中井弘が体験した英国留学とその後のキャリアと日本への貢献」、令和3年度城陽市市民大学（城陽市教育委員会主催生涯学習事業）
2020, November 30th, (１１月３０日（月）から公開）、 「イギリスに行った日本人留学生は府知事となった！－薩摩藩士の中井弘が体験した英国留学とその後のキャリアと日本への貢献－」for 京都府立大学令和２年度『桜楓講』
2020, October, 『How I got to where I am人生すべて龍馬のおかげ』, (brief mini-talk for Open Day at Kyoto Prefectural University. YouTube link here.
2020, September 6th, SWET Talk Shop September 2020: Three Translators of Kansai, A recorded version of this talk can be seen here on YouTube.
2019, August 29th, 『京都の国際文化交流 ―府知事中井弘が体験したイギリスの影響』―(Kyoto’s International Cultural Exchange, The Effects of Prefectural Governor Nakai Hiromu’s Experience in Britain), at the Kyotogaku Lounge Mini Course, Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives (Rekisaikan). Link here (Japanese).
2015, September 20th, “Hero of Anglo-Japanese Relations’ History: Nakai Hiromu”, Bakumatsu History Live Talk Show at the 3rd Kyoto Bakumatsu Festival, at Ryoshinkan Bldg., Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
2014, September 14th, Bakumatsu History Live Talk Show at the 2nd Kyoto Bakumatsu Festival, at Zest Oike-Kawaramachi Hiroba, Kyoto, Japan
2014, September 21st, Diaries of a Bakumatsu Globe Trotter – The Challenges of Translating the 1866-67 Travel Journal of Nakai Hiromu at Kansai SWET event at Yamanishi Fukushi Kaikan, Umeda, Osaka, Japan; event website here.
2013, November 16th, “Bakumatsu History Talk” at the 1st Kyoto Bakumatsu Festival, at Zest Oike-Kawaramachi Hiroba, Kyoto, Japan.
2010, October 7th: Osaka University Research Institute for World Languages, Osaka. Paper title: Anglo-Japanese Relations – An Introduction
2006, Lecturer for the International Administration Course for University Staff at Kobe University, Japan
2004, Lecturer for a seminar entitled, “Translating Across Cultures ~The Challenges of a British Woman who Loves Sakamoto Ryoma~” at Inter School Osaka, Japan
Doctoral Thesis:
2012, Nakai Hiromu: Meiji Statesman and Hero of Anglo-Japanese Relations, Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Doctoral Degree in Cultural Coexistence, Studies on International Society [Supervisor: Dr. Nakanishi Terumasa]. More information on this thesis can be found on the KURENAI (Kyoto University Research Information Repository) website (Japanese only).
Masters Thesis：
2006, Nichiei Kankei ni okeru Sōgo Ninshiki no Kiseki, [Tracking Mutual Perceptions Within Anglo-Japanese Relations] Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Master Degree in Cultural Coexistence, Studies on International Society [Supervisor: Dr. Nakanishi Terumasa].
Undergraduate Thesis：
1999, The Sakamoto Ryoma Phenomenon – Investigating the Contemporary Cult Status of a Meiji Restoration Idealist, Japanese Studies, School of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sheffield [Supervisor: Dr. Richard Siddle].
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