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Research Interests:
I am primarily interested in exploring the concept of “learning” from a historical perspective. My research focuses on women’s learning in modern Japan, specifically how women learned outside the formal school system, in everyday settings such as the home and the community. I also aim to understand how these learning experiences influenced their lives and interactions with society.
Currently, I am concentrating on women’s magazines published during the Meiji and Taisho periods and their readers. By analyzing the content of these magazines and how readers engaged with them, I seek to reconsider the structure of women’s active learning outside the school system. Through this research, I hope to find new perspectives that will deepen our understanding of the history of social education.
Major Publications：
- A Study of “Katei Zasshi” in the Late Meiji Period: A Focus on the Characteristics of Home Theory and its Readers. Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development (Educational Science), Nagoya University, Vol. 70, No.2, 2024, pp. 117-129.
- Women’s Learning as seen in the Journal Women’s Education, in Tsuji, Yutaka (ed.), Economic Growth and Social Education, Oozora Publishing, 2024, pp.171-186.
- The Creation of the Home Magazine Culture and the Roles of Readers in the Late Meiji Era: A Focus on the Readership of the magazine “Katei no Tomo” and its Interactions. Japanese Journal of Adult and Community Education, Vol. 57, 2021, pp.13-22.
- Women’s Learning Through Kougiroku for Women in the Late Meiji Era: The Case of Katei Jyogaku Kougi. Annual Report of Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, No.35, 2021, pp.23-37.
- A Study of the Creation and Development of Motoko Hani’s Thoughts on Home Education: Focusing on the Authorial Editing Intentions of “Katei no Tomo” and “Katei Jyogaku Kougi”. Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development (Educational Science), Nagoya University, Vol. 66, No.1, 2019, pp. 13-25.