Kogakkan University

Kogakkan University

皇學館大学 (Kogakkan Daigaku)
Type	Private
Established	1882
President	Kiyoshi Shimizu (清水潔)
Students	2,921
Undergraduates	2,839
Postgraduates	82
Location	Ise, Mie , Japan
Colors	Deep Purple
Website	kogakkan-u.ac.jp

Kogakkan University (皇學館大学, Kōgakkan daigaku) is a private university at Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940.

Kogakkan University is one of only two universities in Japan to offer a Shinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a kannushi (Shinto priest).^[1][2] The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.

Education and Research[]

Departments[]

• Literature
  • Shinto
  • Japanese Literature
  • Japanese History
  • Communication
• Education
  • Education
• Contemporary Japanese society
  • Contemporary Japanese society

Graduate programs[]

• Literature
  • Shinto specialization
  • Japanese Literature specialization
  • Japanese History specialization
• Education
  • Education specialization

Special Programs[]

• Shinto Studies Graduate Program

Notable people[]

Faculty and staff[]

• Yamada Yoshio, linguist
• Shigeru Yoshida, former Prime Minister of Japan
• Shuichi Toyama, archaeologist and historian
• Hideki Togi, composer and actor
• Hiroya Ino, politician and MP

Alumni[]

• Hirokazu Shiba, politician and MP
• Ochiai Naobumi, poet and literary scholar
• Mika Ōkura, female baseball player
• Eiraku San'yūtei, rakugo performer, student of San'yūtei Enraku V

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°29′13″N 136°43′36″E / 34.48694°N 136.72667°E / 34.48694; 136.72667

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