Researchers

Research Field:
Anthropological study in Oceania, especially Papua New Guinea. My main topic is the civilization history of Pacific island countries.

• Matangi-Pacifica: Political and Social Transformation in the Pacific Island Nations. Institute of Developing Economies. 1994
• Prototype and Transformation of Maritime States in the Pacific. Institute of Developing Economies. 1997
• The Birth of Cities: Urbanization and Social Change in the Pacific Island Countries. Institute of Developing Economies. 2000
• Island and Class: Modernity and Inequality in the Pacific. Institute of Developing Economies. 2002
• "The Hero and the Virgin Goddess: The Imbong'gu Folk Tales (1)." The Memoirs of the Institute of Oriental Culture vol.120. 1993
• "The Hero and the Virgin Goddess: The Imbong'gu Folk Tales (2)." The Memoirs of the Institute of Oriental Culture vol.132. 1996
• "The　Land of God, the People of God, the Wind of Holly Spirit --- The Holly Sprit Movements and Hope for Theocracy in Papua New Guinea." The Memoirs of the Institute of Oriental Culture vol.136. 1998
• "Reunited with Anima --- The Female Sprit Cult Reconsidered" K.Yamaji ed. Gender and Fertility in Melanesia. 1995
• Papua New Guinea at Turning Point. Institute of Developing Economies. 1992
• "The Pacific War and the Millenarian Movements in Melanesia --- Its Cosmological Analysis." In The Changing America-Pacific World. Ed by Yui and Endou. Sairyuusya. 2004

Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
The Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies