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School of Japanese Studies :
Department of Japanese History and Culture

YAMAMURA Aki
Position Associate Professor
Degrees Doctor of Letters (Kyoto University)
Last academic career Department of Geography, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University (2001)
Areas of study Historical Geography
Themes of research
  1. The study of the spatial structures and landscape histories of Japanese towns in the medieval and the early modern times
  2. The comparative study of the landscape histories of the pre-modern towns between Japan and Europe
  3. The study of the historical consciousness and the spatial representation of medieval towns in the modern maps
Research achievement
  1. YAMAMURA, Aki, The Spatial Structures of Medieval Towns. Yoshikawa-kobunkan. February 2009. [in Japanese]
  2. YAMAMURA, Aki, ‘The Spatial Structure of Medieval Towns in Yamaguchi Area', (Yamaguchi Prefecture, ed., The History of Yamaguchi Prefecture, October 2012), pp. 670-698. [in Japanese]
  3. YAMAMURA, Aki, ‘The Spatial System of the Local Capital, Shozui, and Ports on the Yoshino River Delta in the Late Medieval Times' (Tokushima Prefecture Education Board, ed., The Medieval Castles in the Tokushima Prefecture, March 2011), pp. 550-559. [in Japanese]
  4. YAMAMURA, Aki, ‘Medieval Towns’ in Kinda, Akihiro eds., A Landscape History of Japan, Kyoto University Press, 2010, pp. 65-88. [in English]
  5. YAMAMURA, Aki, ‘Capitals and Towns in Early Modern Times’ in Kinda, Akihiro eds., A Landscape History of Japan, Kyoto University Press, 2010, pp. 89-112. [in English]
Academic associations
  1. The Human Geographical Society of Japan
  2. The Association of Japanese Geographers
  3. The Society of Historical Research
  4. The Association of Historical Geographers in Japan
  5. The Association for Ancient Rural and Urban Studies
Academic /social activities
  1. The Exploratory Committee Member of the Cultural Landscape along the Nagara River (Gifu City).
  2. The Study Committee Member of the Inuyama Castle (Inuyama City).
  3. The Visiting Research Fellow of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape. (Shimane Prefecture).
  4. The Review Committee Member of the Preservation of the Medieval and the Early Modern Castles (Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs).
  5. The Councilor of the Association of Historical Geographers in Japan
Awards
  1. The Human Geographical Society of Japan, Book Award 2011
  2. The Human Geographical Society of Japan, Essay Award 2003
Mail Address aki[at]jps.aichi-pu.ac.jp
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