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Kogakkan University

Coordinates:34°29′13″N136°43′36″E / 34.48694°N 136.72667°E /34.48694; 136.72667

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Kogakkan University
皇學館大学 (Kogakkan Daigaku)

Type	Private
Established	1882
Founder	Jingu-kyo
President	Satoshi Kawano (河野訓)
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 aprivate university atIse, 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 aShinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become akannushi (Shinto priest).^[1]^[2] The other university to offer such a program isKokugakuin University in Tokyo.

Education and Research

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Departments

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

Graduate programs

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Literature
- Shinto specialization
- Japanese Literature specialization
- Japanese History specialization
Education
- Education specialization

Special Programs

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Shinto Studies Graduate Program

Notable people

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Faculty and staff

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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

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

References

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^Kogakkan University Faculty of Letters: Kogakkan University official website[1]
^S.D.B.Picken "Faith-based schools in Japan: Paradoxes and Pointers". In J.D. Chapman et al. (eds.) "International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools". New York: Springer. P. 523.