Research Interests
I study various problems related to the history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the Middle Ages, especially the history of Tukhāristān (Present northern Afghanistan, southern Uzbekistan and southern Tajikistan) and its surrounding regions.
CV
[Education]2003 B.A. in Literature, Faculty of Letters (Department of Oriental History), Ryukoku University
2005 M.A. in Literature, Graduate School of Letters (Department of Oriental History), Ryukoku University
2014 Ph.D. in Literature, Graduate School of Letters (Department of Oriental History), Ryukoku University
2016-2018 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2017-2018 Chercheur invité, École des hautes études en sciences sociales
2019-2021 Part-time Research Fellow, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
2019-present Associate Researcher, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2021-present Project Research Fellow, Uehiro Project for the Asian Research Library
Books & Articles
“God Wakhsh and God Ramset: an aspect of religious affairs in Tukhāristān viewed from the Bactrian documents”, The Journal of Oriental Studies 59/2, pp. 85-114, 2020 (in Japanese)
“Étude préliminaire sur la géographie administrative du Tukhāristān”, Studia Iranica 48/2, pp.163-186, 2019
“φρομαλαρο and prm’nδ’r : A comparative study of local officials in Tukhāristān and Sogd”, The Tōyōshi-kenkyū (the journal of Oriental Resarches), 77/3, 1-34, 2018 (in Japanese)
“Local Dominant Classes in Tukharistan Viewed from the Bactrian Documents”, Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 66/1, pp.47-57, 2018 (in Japanese)