*anese scholar

Atsushi Koyano (小谷野 敦, Koyano Atsushi, 21 December 1962) is a *anese scholar of comparative literature and critic. He also has advanced degrees and pedagogy careers in Osaka University, Meiji University, Tokyo University.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Thought
• 3 Literature and researches
• 4 References

Early life and education

Born in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki on 21 December 1962, Koyano moved to Koshigaya, Saitama, a suburb of Tokyo when he was a third grader. He spent three years at Kaijo High School at Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, which had been founded in 1891 as a prep school for *an's Naval Academy, before entering the prestigious University of Tokyo (Todai). After graduating from Todai, Faculty of Letters (majoring in English literature), his academic career further progressed. He lectured full-time at Osaka University from April 1994 to March 1999. During that time, he gained a PhD from Todai in 1997 for his work on the male psychology of love in *anese literature in historical contexts.

Thought

Koyano specializes in "Falling in loves and Marriages in the modern *anese society".

Literature and researches

• "Motenai Otoko - ren ai ron wo koe te"

(The *le:: Always alone - beyond the "Falling in love")

• "Edo Genso Hihan"

(The Contents:: On the research for Edo period, he is provoking and sometimes prohibiting the exceeded and inappropriate historical imaging without suitable references)

• "Tennosei Hihan no Joshiki"

(The Common Sense of Criticism on the Monarchy)

References