Kogakkan University
Kogakkan University is a private university in Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940. 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).
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Kogakkan University is a private university in Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940. 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).
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Overview
Overview
The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kogakkan University • Native Name — 皇學館大学 (Kogakkan Daigaku) • Established — 1882 • Founders — Jingu-kyo • Type — Private • President — Satoshi Kawano (河野訓) • City — Ise, Mie • Country — Japan • Students — 2,921 • Undergrad — 2,839 • Postgrad — 82 • Colors — Deep Purple • Website — kogakkan-u.ac.jp
Departments
Departments
• Literature • Shinto • Japanese Literature • Japanese History • Communication • Education • Education • Contemporary Japanese society • Contemporary Japanese society
Graduate programs
Graduate programs
• Literature • Shinto specialization • Japanese Literature specialization • Japanese History specialization • Education • Education specialization
Special Programs
Special Programs
• Shinto Studies Graduate Program
Facilities
Facilities
• Sagawa Memorial Museum of Shinto and Japanese Culture, Kogakkan University, university museum on Shinto. • The university library holds one of only two surviving manuscripts of the Jingifudenzuki, a medieval text central to the Watarai (Ise) Shintō tradition, the other being held at Matsunoo Shrine.
Alumni
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
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
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- 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.
- 3.Milone, Marco. Lo scintoismo. Guida. 186. 2021. 9788868667603.
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