Associate Professor

Masahiro Nakahori

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Faculty of Letters Department of Human Studies

Specialized Field	Russian folklore, Russian folk culture, Slavic mythology
Research theme	Russian funeral laments and funeral rites, folk culture of the Russian North
Subjects in charge	Russian Grammar for Beginners, Introduction to Russian Reading, Myths and Folklore, Exercises, etc.
Main career, work history, and academic background	Kyoto Prefecture Soka Faculty of Letters Department of Foreign Languages, Russian Language Major Soka University Graduate Graduate School of Letters English Literature Major Worked as a Russian language Lecturer at DILA International Language Academy, Assistant Lecturer at Soka University, and Adjunct Faculty at Keio University, Chuo University, Tokai University, Soka University, Waseda University, Rikkyo University, and Hosei University before assuming his current position.
Affiliated academic societies and organizations	The Japanese Society of Russian Literature, Soka University Russian and Slavic Studies Association, Russian Folklore Society Narodou, Society for the Study of Medieval and Early Modern Russia
Main Papers and Publications	Single author "Russian Folk Elegy: Sever's Funeral Lament" Seibunsha, 2010 "The Lament of the People: The Lament of Russia" Toyo Shoten, 2010 Co-author Tomokazu Shinoda (ed.), "World Mythology of the Sky," Yasaka Shobo, 2009 Kazuo Matsumura et al., eds., Dictionary of the Cultural History of God, Hakusuisha, 2013 Russian Folklore Society Naroudo (ed.), "Russian Almanac," Toyo Shoten Shinsha, 2018 Edited by Mitsuyoshi Numano et al., Dictionary of Russian Culture, Maruzen Publishing, 2019 Kyoko Tsukasaki (ed.), Life and Folklore in Northern Russia: From a Japanese-Russian Folklore Survey in the Kami-Toyma District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Maruzen-Yushodo, 2023 Watanabe Koji (ed.), "East and West of Fantastic Beings," Chuo University Press, 2024 paper "Images of 'Usinja' in Magical Folktales: Focusing on Russian and Serbian Folktales" in Tomokazu Shinoda (ed.), Myths, Symbols and Language, Rakuro Shoin, 2008 "A Study on the Function of Volos, a Pagan God in Medieval Russia," Studies in Russian Language and Literature, Vol. 45 (No. 56), 2013 "Modern Russian seasonal rituals: Svyatki and Maslenitsa as examples," Naroudo, No. 84, 2022
Message	Persistence is power If you try, you can do it Automated inventory on request.
others	Hobbies: Listening to music (free soul, European jazz, bossa nova, etc.)

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