Kogakkan University

Websitekogakkan-u.ac.jp

Kogakkan University (皇學館大学, Kōgakkan daigaku) 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

References

^ Kogakkan University Faculty of Letters: Kogakkan University official website [1]
^ 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.