Ishitani Kaho

International Studies Assistant Professor

Biography

I graduated from School of Letters, Nagoya University. I obtained a PhD in literature from Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University in March 2024. Currently, I am a full-time lecturer at School of International Studies, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business. I specialize in Japanese early modern literature. I especially study literary works of Arakida Reijo, and so on. And, I consider the reality of women's literature in the Edo period and gender.

Research Interests

Japanese early modern literature、Bibliographical study of classical Japanese

Final Education

Ph.D., Nagoya University

Awards & Honours

(2021) A first prize. Ise Oshi Forum 2021 Executive Committee

Academic Papers

Kaho Ishitani (2024) A Study of Arakida Reijo. Nagoya University
Kaho Ishitani (2023) A Study of Arakida Reijo and Her Husband’s Book Collections. Nagoya University journal of Japanese Language and literature (116)
Kaho Ishitani (2022) Arakida Reijo's self-recognition : Focus on expressions with "higa". Tokai kinsei (30)
Kaho Ishitani (2022) Consideration on revision of Arakida Reijo’s “Hatsuuma no nikki” and “Nochinouma no nikki”. MEMOIRS of National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College 55

Grants

(2025) Construction of a full-text database of Arakida Reijo's writings and its application to research into sources and expressions. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Primary Researcher
(2025) A study of Roan bunko of Kyoto Women's University. National Institute of Japanese Literature Co-researcher

Book & Case Publishing

Compiled by the Matsuo Kinzo Memorial Scholarship Fund (2025) Flying to Tomorrow : New Perspectives on Humanities and Sociology 7. Kazama Publishing