Masato Kurabayashi

KURABAYASHI Masato

Professor

area of expertise: "Archeology", "Comparative Cultural Studies", "Environmental Studies"

job title

University President

Main subjects

"SDGs x University Students", "Boso Culture and History", "Humanity and Manufacturing", "Comparative Cultural Research", "Comparative Cultural Research Guidance"

Research Themes and Keywords

"Empirical Research on the formation of a stratified society" and "Research on the utilization of regional cultural resources"

Final academic background/degree

The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Archeology / Master (withdrew from doctoral course)

Major achievements

"Co-author of 'The Archeology of Living' (1997, Doseisha)", "Co-author of 'The Head Tombs of Mimasaka': A Structural Research of the Order of Keyhole-Shaped Tombs in the Mimasaka Region I (2000, Kibijin Publishing)", "Research of the Kawahigashi Kurumazuka Tomb: A Structural Research of the Order of Keyhole-Shaped Tombs in the Mimasaka Region II (2004, Kibijin Publishing)", "Co-author of 'A Comprehensive View of Japanese Jade Works' (2004, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)", "Stone Sarcophagi and Ceramic Sarcophagi" (2005, Kibijin Publishing)"

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message

When I was a student (including graduate school), I devoted myself to excavation surveys in various places. Perhaps it was because I was suited to think concretely and logically based on the “things” that emerged from the ground after many years. I also liked traveling to unfamiliar lands. On the other hand, excavation was not only fun, but also a place to learn patience, ingenuity and management. Through the harsh life experience of overseas research, I feel that people's thoughts and actions are inevitably influenced by the environment. Learning from the perspective of "sightseeing". I believe that this means to always visit the site, see it with your own eyes, think about diversity, and believe in what you perceive, and transform it into the power to move forward. Why don't you spend the four years burning through encounters with yourself that you haven't seen yet?