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Toshiyuki Fukuya is Professor in the School of Education, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, where he teaches and researches classical Japanese literature with special emphasis on Heian-period kana diaries and women writers such as Murasaki Shikibu and the author of Sarashina Nikki.
Education:
- Ph.D. (Literature), Waseda University, 2004
- M.A. Waseda University Graduate School, Division of Letters, 1992
- B.A. Waseda University, Faculty of Education, 1986
Research Interests:
Fukuya investigates how Heian kana diaries balance factual record with literary artistry. His work probes narrative perspective, intertextuality with tales such as The Tale of Genji, and the social reception of diaries within court salons. He pays particular attention to clothing descriptions, political subtexts, and the construction of authorial voice.
Recent Publication Trends:
Across more than 120 articles and 20+ scholarly books, Fukuya consistently returns to three axes: (1) close textual readings of Murasaki Shikibu Diary and Sarashina Nikki; (2) re-evaluations of historiographical narratives inside literary texts; and (3) pedagogical studies on how classical literature can be taught through modern translation and digital tools. His 2024 output alone interrogates Fujiwara no Yorimichi’s regime, the inkstone as material culture, and humorous rhetoric inside Kagerō Nikki.
Media & Public Scholarship:
- NHK Educational TV, Kimura Tae’s “It’s a little late, but...” (2024)
- NHK History Secrets Historia, “Enchanted by the story: Sarashina Nikki” (2020)
- BS11 talk on Murasaki Shikibu and Genji (2024)
- Frequent contributor to Nikkei, Tokyo Shimbun, and literary magazines.
Teaching & Grants:
Fukuya currently offers nine courses (2025) spanning undergraduate surveys to doctoral seminars in early-medieval literature and Japanese teacher training. He has led three major Waseda research grants on kana diaries, Genji studies, and medieval diary poetics, producing annotated editions and international symposiums.
Laboratory & Academic Service:
He convenes the Waseda Japanese Literature Society, sits on editorial boards of Japanese Literature Research and Diary Literature Study Group, and mentors graduate researchers working on Heian narrative, reception history, and gendered reading practices.
