English Philological Society of Japan

2003.4

Johnson Society of Japan

2003.4

Soundings English Literary Association

1999.4

English Literary Society of Sophia University

1995.4

Soundings English Literary Association   Editor in Chief of the Editorial Board  

2018.5 - 2020.5   

Japanese Association for the Study of Puritanism   Member of the Board of Executive Directors  

2016.6 - 2021.6   

Japanese Association for the Study of Puritanism   Member of the Editorial Board  

2016.6 - 2021.6   

Johnson Society of Japan   Co-Secretary-General  

2011.5 - 2013.5   

Kanto Branch of the English Literary Society of Japan   Member of the Conference Organizing Committee  

2010.4 - 2013.3   

English Literary Society of Sophia University   Member of the Board of Councilors  

2009.4   

Soundings English Literary Association   Member of the Executive Office  

2000.5 - 2005.5   

_Jonathan Swift as a Conservative Trimmer: An Ideological Reading of His English Politico-Religious Writings_ Reviewed

Sophia University, PhD Dissertation   2017.3

"How to Represent the Character and Conduct of 'Robin the Trickster': A Comparison of Defoe's and Swift's Vindications of the Harley Ministry" Reviewed

_Asterisk_   23 ( 2 )   44 - 57   2015.3

"Charles I's _Answer to the Nineteen Propositions_ and English Mixed Monarchy" Reviewed

_Asterisk_   22 ( 2 )   53 - 63   2014.3

"Church and State in Thomas Hobbes's _Leviathan_: A Focus on the Peculiarities of His Anglican Caesaropapism" Reviewed

_Soundings_   ( 39 )   5 - 23   2013.12

"_A Tale of a Tub_ and Jonathan Swift's Politico-Religious Position" Reviewed

_Asterisk_   21 ( 1 )   1 - 9   2012.9

"Robert Harley _Chokugen_ saiko" ["Robert Harley's _Plaine English_ Revisited"] Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Johnson Society_   ( 35 )   19 - 23   2011.5

"Jonathan Swift's Adherence to Mixed Monarchy: Reflections on His Early Career as a 'Conservative' Political Thinker"

_The Bulletin of Arts and Sciences, Meiji University_   ( 460 )   205 - 220   2011.1

"Juhasseiki-eikoku no aikoku-shin to Samuel Johnson no seiji-kan" ["Eighteenth-Century British Patriotism and Samuel Johnson's Political Views"]

_The Bulletin of Arts and Sciences, Meiji University_   ( 451 )   139 - 156   2010.1

"Kazami-dori no seiji-gaku: Halifax koshaku no kokka-ron to eikoku no hoshu-shiso" ["The Politics of a Trimmer: Halifax's Views of the State and English Conservatism"] Reviewed

_Soundings_   ( 35 )   77 - 96   2009.10

"The Political Ideals of Robert Harley: Moderate Conservatism in His _Plaine English_"

_The Bulletin of Arts and Sciences, Meiji University_   ( 445 )   145 - 156   2009.3

"The Religious Ideas of Halifax the Trimmer: Toleration and Conservatism"

_The Bulletin of Arts and Sciences, Meiji University_   ( 440 )   49 - 67   2009.1

"The Inherent Conservatism of a Supposed Middle-of-the-Roader: Halifax's Views on the British Political Constitution in _The Character of a Trimmer_"

_The Bulletin of Arts and Sciences, Meiji University_   ( 438 )   97 - 110   2008.9

"Thomas Hobbes's Advocacy of Monarchy: An Inquiry into His Views on the National Constitution in _Leviathan_" Reviewed

_Asterisk_   17 ( 1 )   21 - 34   2008.9

"Modern Interpretation of Jonathan Swift's Politics: A Survey" Reviewed

_Toho Gakuen School of Music Faculty Bulletin_   32   149 - 155   2006.11

"Riron to jissai no umegataki mizo: Swift no dotoku-teki-seiji-kan to uma-no-kuni" ["The Unbridgeable Gap between Theory and Practice: Jonathan Swift's Moral Politics and Houyhnhnmland"] Reviewed

_Sophia English Studies_   ( 31 )   3 - 15   2006.10

"A Study of the Two Great Misogynist-Satirists: Twisted Expressions of Admiration for Women by Swift and Pope"

_Asterisk_   14 ( 2 )   37 - 49   2006.3

"Jonathan Swift's Ideal Nation in His Unpublished Political Tracts, 1713-15" (Winner of the Honorable Mention for the 28th Young Scholar Award from the English Literary Society of Japan) Reviewed

_Studies in English Literature_ (Japanese Number)   82   109 - 128   2005.12

"The Stage of Human Desire: John Gay's Commitment to Money in _The Beggar's Opera_"

_Asterisk_   14 ( 1 )   4 - 13   2005.10

"National Problems in Jonathan Swift's Tory Tracts: An Analysis of _The Examiner_ and _The Conduct of the Allies_" Reviewed

_Sophia English Studies_   ( 30 )   17 - 31   2005.10

"John Locke's _Two Treatises of Government_ and the Whig Ideology" Reviewed

_Soundings_   ( 30 )   27 - 38   2004.10

"Richard Hooker as a Moderator of Political Ideology: The Duality of His Via Media Philosophy in _Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity_"

_Asterisk_   13 ( 1 )   17 - 30   2004.5

"Sir Robert Filmer's _Patriarcha_ and the Tory Ideology" Reviewed

_Sophia English Studies_   ( 28 )   31 - 40   2003.10

"Jonathan Swift no eigo-kaikaku-an ga motsu bunka-teki-ito" ["The Cultural Intention of Jonathan Swift's _Proposal_ for Correcting the English Language"] Reviewed

_Sophia English Studies_   ( 26 )   35 - 46   2001.10

"_Shomotsu-senso_ no hyoteki towa nani ka: Jonathan Swift no bunka-teki-tachiba" ["The Target of _The Battle of the Books_: Jonathan Swift's Standpoint in Early Eighteenth-Century Culture"] (Winner of the 19th Roggendorf Award from Soundings English Literary Association) Reviewed

_Soundings_   ( 27 )   37 - 49   2001.10

_Samuel Johnson: Sono tayonaru sekai_ [_Samuel Johnson: The Diversity of His World_]

Soundings English Literary Association (Editor), Akio Kobayashi (General Editor)（ Role： Joint authorCh. 4 "Johnson no seiji-gaku: Aikoku-shin to nidai-seito" ["Johnson's Politics: Patriotism and the Two Parties"]）

Kinseido  2010.9  （ ISBN:9784764711068 ）

_"Eiga" no yorokobi_ [_The Pleasure of the Movies_] (Public Cultural Lectures at Meiji U 28)

Institute of Humanities, Meiji University (Editor)（ Role： Joint author）

Institute of Humanities, Meiji U  2009.3  （ ISBN:9784759917390 ）

_Sozo-ryoku to ei-bungaku: Fantasy no genryu wo motomete_ [_Imagination and English Literature: In Search of the Source of Fantasy_]

Soundings English Literary Association (Editor), Akio Kobayashi (General Editor)（ Role： Joint authorCh. 5 "Kono kakumo dorokusaki fantasy: _Gulliver-ryoko-ki_ to Swift no tochi-ron" ["What a Down-and-Dirty Fantasy: _Gulliver's Travels_ and Swift's Discourse on Government"]）

Kinseido  2007.9  （ ISBN:9784764709898 ）

"Ichiban-deshi kara mita shisho" ["The Character of the Late Professor Kobayashi: A Memoir by His First Mentee"] Invited

_Soundings_   ( 48 )   23 - 27   2022.10

Review of _Kenryoku-bunritsu-ron no tanjo: Britain-teikoku no_ Ho-no-seishin _juyo_ [_The Rise of the Theory of the Separation of Powers: The Reception of_ The Spirit of Laws _in the British Empire_], by Tsuyoshi Kamimura Reviewed

_Asterisk_   30   49 - 52   2022.3

Review of _Johnson in Japan_, edited by Kimiyo Ogawa and Mika Suzuki Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies_   ( 36 )   170 - 172   2021.6

Review of _Laurence Sterne no sekai_ [_The World of Laurence Sterne_], edited by Takeshi Sakamoto Invited Reviewed

_Studies in English Literature_ (Japanese Number)   97   51 - 56   2020.12

"Juhasseiki-igirisu-shosetsu" ["Eighteenth-Century English Novel"] (Survey) Invited

_Studies in British Philosophy_   ( 43 )   111 - 116   2020.3

Henshu-koki [Editor's Postscript]

_Soundings_   ( 45 )   112   2019.10

"Swift to Pope: Sono yujo no katachi" ["Swift and Pope: The Nature of Their Friendship"] (Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Johnson Society of Japan) Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Johnson Society_   ( 43 )   34 - 35   2019.7

Review of _Gulliver to Orient: Nichi-ei zuzo to sakuhin ni miru toho-genso_ [_Gulliver in the Orient: The Illusion of the East as Seen in Japanese and English Illustrations and Literary Works_], by Mikiko Chimori Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies_   ( 34 )   106 - 108   2019.6

Henshu-koki [Editor's Postscript]

_Soundings_   ( 44 )   133   2018.10

"Watanabe-sensei to Swift-kenkyu-sha no enishi" ["An Uncanny Relationship between Professor Watanabe and Swiftians"]

_Asterisk_   26 ( 1 )   36 - 37   2017.9

"Hensetsu-sha no hon'i towa? Jonathan Swift no seiji-shiso wo saguru" ["What Is the True Intention of a Supposed Proselyte in Later Stuart Politics? An Exploration of the Political Thought of Jonathan Swift"] (Proceedings of the 69th Meeting of Soundings English Literary Association) Invited

_Soundings Newsletter_   ( 69 )   13   2017.7

Review of _Swift's Angers_, by Claude Rawson Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies_   ( 32 )   92 - 93   2017.6

"Jonathan Swift no kyokai-kokka-kan: Aru kokkyo-kai-bokushi no shukyo-teki-shinjo wo kaimamiru" ["Jonathan Swift's Views on Church and State: A Brief Look at the Religious Sentiments of an Anglican Clergyman"] (Proceedings of the Research Report at the 2016/17 1st Regular Session of the Japanese Association for the Study of Puritanism) Invited

_The Annals of the Japanese Association for the Study of Puritanism_   ( 11 )   72   2017.3

Review of _The Royalist Republic: Literature, Politics, and Religion in the Anglo-Dutch Public Sphere, 1639-1660_, by Helmer J. Helmers Invited

_The Annals of the Japanese Association for the Study of Puritanism_   ( 11 )   66 - 67   2017.3

Chair's Summary of "Tettei-togi: _Gulliver-ryoko-ki_ no yomi no kano-sei" ["Exploring the Potential of the Reading of _Gulliver's Travels_: An In-Depth Discussion"] (Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Johnson Society of Japan) Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Johnson Society_   ( 40 )   35 - 36   2016.7

Review of _Friendship and Allegiance in Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Politics of Private Virtue in the Age of Walpole_, by Emrys D. Jones Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Johnson Society_   ( 39 )   26 - 27   2015.7

Review of Gulliver-ryoko-ki _tettei-chushaku_ (Hombun-hen, chushaku-hen) [_Gulliver's Travels: A Thorough Annotation_ (The Book of the Text and the Book of Annotations)], by Jonathan Swift, translated by Takao Tomiyama, annotated by Noriyuki Harada, Noriyuki Hattori, and Masaaki Takeda Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies_   ( 29 )   83 - 84   2014.6

Review of _Defoe to England keimo_ [_Daniel Defoe and the English Enlightenment_], by Naoki Hayashi Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies_   ( 28 )   79 - 81   2013.6

"Hiyorimi-shugi no kokka-zo to seiji-gensetsu ni okeru rhetoric" ["Trimmers' Views of the State and Their Rhetoric in Political Discourse"] (Proceedings of the 84th General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan)

English Literary Society of Japan (Editor)

_Proceedings of the Eighty-Fourth General Meeting_   87 - 88   2012.9

"Daigaku-in no sempai to juhasseiki-ei-bungaku" ["My Older Friend in Graduate School and Eighteenth-Century English Literature"] (Wasureenu-hito [My Unforgettable Person] 63) Invited

_Meiji University Union News_   ( 271 )   2   2012.6

Review of _Chance and the Eighteenth-Century Novel: Realism, Probability, Magic_, by Jesse Molesworth Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies_   ( 27 )   92 - 93   2012.6

"Aikoku-shin (Patriotism) to Johnson no seiji-kan" ["Patriotism and Dr. Johnson's Political Views"] (Proceedings of the 60th Meeting of Soundings English Literary Association) Invited

_Soundings Newsletter_   ( 60 )   6 - 7   2009.12

Henshu-koki [Editor's Postscript]

_The Bulletin of the Association of Full-Time Teachers at Meiji University_   ( 98 )   30   2009.12

Review of _England-kokkyo-kai: Hokatsu to kan'yo no jidai_ [_Comprehension and Toleration: The Church of England under the Later Stuarts_], by Kaori Aoyagi

_Asterisk_   17 ( 2 )   68 - 72   2009.3

"Chi-teki-koke-odoshi no susume" ["The Encouragement of Intellectual Pretensions"] (Tokushu: Kyoiku no kufu [Feature Articles: Good Ideas for Education]) Invited

_Soundings Newsletter_   ( 56 )   3 - 4   2007.12

"Shin-shoin shokai" ["The Introduction of New Members"]

_The Newsletter of the Institute of Humanities, Meiji University_   ( 50 )   2   2007.7

"Shosetsu ga tsukuru sekai, shosetsu wo tsukuru sekai" ["The World the Novel Creates, the World That Creates the Novel"] (Kaigai-shincho: Igirisu-bungaku [New Wave Overseas: British Literature] 2) Invited

_The Rising Generation_   152 ( 12 )   742 - 743   2007.3

"Novel: Aratanaru bungaku to bungaku-kenkyu no hajimari" ["Novel: The Beginning of New Literature and New Literary Studies"] (Kaigai-shincho: Igirisu-bungaku [New Wave Overseas: British Literature] 2) Invited

_The Rising Generation_   152 ( 9 )   545 - 546   2006.12

"Imbi na bungaku wo kataro" ["Let's Talk about Erotic Literature"] (Kaigai-shincho: Igirisu-bungaku [New Wave Overseas: British Literature] 2) Invited

_The Rising Generation_   152 ( 6 )   349 - 350   2006.9

"Ogosho to tadoru juhasseiki-shosetsu-kenkyu no choryu" ["Tracing the Current of the Study of the Eighteenth-Century Novel with John Richetti"] (Kaigai-shincho: Igirisu-bungaku [New Wave Overseas: British Literature] 2) Invited

_The Rising Generation_   152 ( 3 )   157   2006.6

Review of _Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain_, by Maxine Berg Invited

_Annual Bulletin of the Johnson Society_   ( 30 )   31 - 32   2006.5

"Pope saiho" ["Alexander Pope Revisited"] (Co-Presenter)

Hiroko Kondo (Chair), Toru Nishiyama (Co-Presenter), Takashi Izuha (Co-Presenter)

Symposium at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Johnson Society of Japan  2018.7 

"Hensetsu-sha no hon'i towa? Jonathan Swift no seiji-shiso wo saguru" ["What Is the True Intention of a Supposed Proselyte in Later Stuart Politics? An Exploration of the Political Thought of Jonathan Swift"] Invited

Akio Kobayashi (Chair)

Lecture at the 69th Meeting of Soundings English Literary Association (Commemorative Project for the 350th Anniversary of the Birth of Jonathan Swift)  2017.5 

"Ireland to fukugo-kokka-ron" ["Ireland and the Concept of Composite State"] (Co-Presenter) Invited

Hideki Kuwajima (Chair), Takamichi Sato (Chair), Shunsuke Katsuta (Co-Presenter), Eiri Saito (Co-Presenter), Atsushi Kamata (Commentator), Ryuta Nuki (Commentator)

Part 2 of "Europe fukugo-kokka-ron no kano-sei: Igirisu-shiso-shi-kenkyu tono taiwa" ["Exploring the Potential of the Concept of European Composite States: A Dialogue with the Studies in British Intellectual History"], organized by the Research Group on the History of Ideas concerning the British Composite State  2017.1 

"Jonathan Swift no kyokai-kokka-kan: Aru kokkyo-kai-bokushi no shukyo-teki-shinjo wo kaimamiru" ["Jonathan Swift's Views on Church and State: A Brief Look at the Religious Sentiments of an Anglican Clergyman"]

Jun Iwai (Chair)

Research Report at the 2016/17 1st Regular Session of the Japanese Association for the Study of Puritanism  2016.11 

"Tettei-togi: _Gulliver-ryoko-ki_ no yomi no kano-sei" ["Exploring the Potential of the Reading of _Gulliver's Travels_: An In-Depth Discussion"] (Chair)

Masaaki Takeda (Presenter), Noriyuki Harada (Presenter), Mikiko Chimori (Discussant), Kazuki Ochiai (Discussant)

Symposium at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Johnson Society of Japan  2015.7 

"Zadan: Kyucho-_kai_doku--Watashi-tachi wa konna hon wo yomi, manandekita" ["Round-Table Talk: _Re_-reading Good Old Books--What We've Read and What We've Learned"] (Chair)

Koji Watanabe (Presenter), Hitoshi Suwabe (Presenter), Tatehiko Noguchi (Presenter)

Special Symposium at the 6th General Meeting (Autumn Meeting 2012/13) of the Kanto Branch of the English Literary Society of Japan  2012.11 

"Kakumei kara seito e: Meiyo-kakumei zengo no seiji to bungaku" ["From Revolution to Party: Politics and Literature before and after the Glorious Revolution"] (Co-Presenter)

Mitsutoshi Somura (Chair, Co-Presenter), Chikashi Sakashita (Co-Presenter), Go Togashi (Co-Presenter)

Session 3 of the Symposia at the 84th General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan  2012.5 

"Samuel Johnson: Sono tayonaru sekai" ["Samuel Johnson: The Diversity of His World"] (Co-Presenter)

Makoto Ikeda (Chair, Co-Presenter), Kusujiro Miyoshi (Co-Presenter), Rima Uraguchi (Co-Presenter)

Symposium at the 60th Meeting of Soundings English Literary Association  2009.10 

"Otaku-bunka to zuzo" ["Otaku Culture and Iconography"] (Chair) Invited

Kaichiro Morikawa (Presenter)

32nd Public Cultural Lectures: "Eiga" no yorokobi [The Pleasure of the Movies] 2 at the Institute of Humanities, Meiji U  2008.10 

"Gakko-bumpo wo kangaeru" ["Reflections on School Grammar"] (Chair)

Naotoshi Furuta (Presenter), Seiji Shinkawa (Presenter), Yuki Shimonaga (Presenter)

Symposium at the 55th Meeting of Soundings English Literary Association  2007.5 

"Jonathan Swift no kokutai-ron: Ocho-kotai-ki no seiji-rinen" ["Jonathan Swift's Views on the National Polity: An Inquiry into His Political Ideals at the Change of Dynasty"]

Noriyuki Harada (Chair)

Research Presentation at the 7th Meeting of the Society for the Study of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture (Kanto Branch of the Johnson Society of Japan)  2006.4 

Jonathan Swift's Political Views and Early Modern English Conservatism

2015.4 - 2016.3

Institute of Humanities, Meiji University  2015/16 Type III Special Research Fund from the Institute of Humanities, Meiji University

Early Modern English Political Thought and Jonathan Swift's Views of the State: Investigations on the Rhetoric of Middle-of-the-Roadism

2009.1 - 2009.12

Fukuhara Memorial Fund for the Studies of English and American Literature  2008/09 Research Grant from the Fukuhara Memorial Fund for the Studies of English and Amer. Lit.