Profile
Professor
Hanayo Noguchi
NOGUCHI Hanayo
Professor of Psychology and Human Culture. Graduated from the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University. PhD in History. Served as an individual committee member for the Japanese Society of Historical Studies, external evaluation committee member for the Maebashi City Board of Education, Maebashi City Cultural Assets Research Committee member, Maebashi City Landscape Council member, Maebashi Citizen Proposal Partnership Project Review Committee member, Isesaki City History Compilation Specialist Committee member, and deputy representative of the Gunma Historical Materials Preservation Network.
After working as a teacher at Ochanomizu University Senior High School and a specially appointed researcher at the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, she joined KYOAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY in April 2012. Her specialty is Japanese medieval history. Her research focuses on the imperial family and their women, as well as the aristocratic society surrounding them, from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period. She is the co-author of "The Women's Network of the Kamakura Hojo Clan" (Kokeisha, 2023) and "New Revised and Enlarged Edition: An Introduction to Japanese Medieval History - Let's Write a Thesis" (Bensei Publishing, 2021), and co-author of "Falling in Love with Japanese History" (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2021), among others.
After working as a teacher at Ochanomizu University Senior High School and a specially appointed researcher at the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, she joined KYOAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY in April 2012. Her specialty is Japanese medieval history. Her research focuses on the imperial family and their women, as well as the aristocratic society surrounding them, from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period. She is the co-author of "The Women's Network of the Kamakura Hojo Clan" (Kokeisha, 2023) and "New Revised and Enlarged Edition: An Introduction to Japanese Medieval History - Let's Write a Thesis" (Bensei Publishing, 2021), and co-author of "Falling in Love with Japanese History" (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2021), among others.
About the research
My specialty is history (Japanese history). My research focuses in particular on the status of "Nyoin," a harem position created in the mid-Heian period. I am also researching the manors that Nyoin owned.
These studies are actually deeply connected to Gunma. This is because Nitta Manor, which spread across what is now Ota City, and Fuchina Manor, which occupied the eastern half of Isesaki City, were manors of the Imperial family. Isn't it exciting to think that the ruins and manor sites near the university were connected to the Imperial family and Empress Dowagers who lived in Kyoto?
I am also interested in the people around the Empress. My research has shown that connections between people were very important even in society more than 800 years ago.
I am always conscious that even in the field of history there is a connection to the present. Each and every one of you is a part of creating history and is also a protagonist in history.
Let's learn together and create the future together.
These studies are actually deeply connected to Gunma. This is because Nitta Manor, which spread across what is now Ota City, and Fuchina Manor, which occupied the eastern half of Isesaki City, were manors of the Imperial family. Isn't it exciting to think that the ruins and manor sites near the university were connected to the Imperial family and Empress Dowagers who lived in Kyoto?
I am also interested in the people around the Empress. My research has shown that connections between people were very important even in society more than 800 years ago.
I am always conscious that even in the field of history there is a connection to the present. Each and every one of you is a part of creating history and is also a protagonist in history.
Let's learn together and create the future together.
Subject in charge
Industry and Society in Gunma (Premodern)/Industry and Society in Gunma (Modern Times)/Regional History Research/Thinking about people/Volunteer training/GlocalSeminar I & II/Basic exercises I and II/Assignment Exercises I and II/graduation research