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Nami Takano

たかの なみ

Takano Nami

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1980-01-01 (Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Tokyo, Japan → Shizuoka Prefecture (worked) → Kanagawa Prefecture (possible residence)

Career

Occupations
Japanese literature scholar, university professor
Active Years
2003-
Affiliations
Shizuoka University, Faculty of Education, Nihon University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Japanese Literature

Education

University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
Degree: 学士(文学)
Period: 1999-2003
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: Japan
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo
Graduate School / Japanese literature program
Degree: 博士(文学)
Period: 2006-2011
Year of Graduation: 2011
Country: Japan
Completed doctoral program

Awards

10th Japan Classical Literature Academic Prize
2017
Work: Study of Kamo Mabuchi
Organization: The Japan Classical Literature Society
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Study of Kamo Mabuchi

2016 Early modern Japanese literature studies

A scholarly study focusing on Kamo Mabuchi's commentary practices and their reception, examining kokugaku discourse and its development in the early modern period.

kokugakucommentary studiesreception historyKamo Mabuchi

Bibliography

  • Study of Kamo Mabuchi (Seikansha, 2016)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarlyannotation-focusedhistorical and philological approach
Recurring Motifs
classical commentaryreception historyreassessment of kokugaku

Legacy

Through detailed analyses of commentary practices and reception history in early modern literature, she has made notable scholarly contributions centered on Kamo Mabuchi studies and has helped invigorate the field as a younger scholar.

Academic Societies

  • The Japan Classical Literature Society

Trivia

  • Born in Tokyo.
  • Holds a PhD in Literature from the University of Tokyo Graduate School.
  • Received the 10th Japan Classical Literature Academic Prize in 2017.