Kogakkan University Explained

Kogakkan University
Native Name:	皇學館大学 (Kogakkan Daigaku)
Established:	1882
President:	Satoshi Kawano (河野訓)
Students:	2,921
Undergrad:	2,839
Postgrad:	82
Colors:	Deep Purple
Website:	kogakkan-u.ac.jp

is a private university at Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940.

Kogakkan University is one of only two universities in Japan to offer a Shinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a kannushi (Shinto priest).^{[1] [2]} The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.

Education and Research

Departments

• Literature
  • Shinto
  • Japanese Literature
  • Japanese History
  • Communication
• Education
  • Education
• Contemporary Japanese society
  • Contemporary Japanese society

Graduate programs

• Literature
  • Shinto specialization
  • Japanese Literature specialization
  • Japanese History specialization
• Education
  • Education specialization

Special Programs

• Shinto Studies Graduate Program

Notable people

Faculty and staff

• Yamada Yoshio, linguist
• Shigeru Yoshida, former Prime Minister of Japan
• Shuichi Toyama, archaeologist and historian
• Hideki Togi, composer and actor
• Hiroya Ino, politician and MP

Alumni

• Hirokazu Shiba, politician and MP
• Ochiai Naobumi, poet and literary scholar
• Mika Ōkura, female baseball player
• Eiraku San'yūtei, rakugo performer, student of San'yūtei Enraku V

External links

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Notes and References

1. Kogakkan University Faculty of Letters: Kogakkan University official website https://web.archive.org/web/20150316092725/http://www.kogakkan-u.ac.jp/english/faculty/index.php
2. S.D.B.Picken "Faith-based schools in Japan: Paradoxes and Pointers". In J.D. Chapman et al. (eds.) "International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools". New York: Springer. P. 523.