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Nanakuma History Conference

The “Nanakuma History Conference” of History Department, Fukuoka University’s Faculty of Humanities was established in 1999 as a parent organization for academic conferences where faculty staff, graduate students, and students can interact and members of the public can participate.
The annual meeting of the Nanakuma History Conference, which is a research conference, holds public lectures and conducts research presentations under each subcommittee (Japanese history, foreign history, archeology), has become an important opportunity for graduate students to make presentations on their research results.
We also publish the annual conference magazine “Nanakuma History” and undertake proactive research activities.

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Research Topics of Current Students

Master's Program

Japanese History

Medieval Moji
History of establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate
History of Kobu relations during the Muromachi period
About Kyoto Guards at the End of the Edo Period
The Diplomacy of Date Masamune
Social consciousness and historical consciousness in the latter half of the Showa period

Occidental History

The History of Childbirth in the United States
Hudson’s Bay Company and British Empire
The Slave Trade
Anti-Slavery Movements
The Development of ‘Masculinity’ in Germany during the War Years
Nationality Policies of the Hapsburg Empire at the Turn of the Century

Chinese History

Inner Circle Politics in the Eastern Han Period
History of Etiquette in the Chinese Tang and Song Period
Research on the Socio-Economic History of the Qing Dynasty

Archeology

Research on Kango Shuraku (moat settlements) in East Asia
Ancient Inkstones
Cylindrical Haniwa (clay images) from the Kofun Period
Stonework from Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Transition and Development of Rokujizoto in Western Japan

Doctoral Program

Ouchi’s Ruling System and Order of Power in Medieval Japan
The Muromachi Shogunate’s Governing of Kyushu during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts Period
Family and kinship in the Middle Ages of Japan
Kyushu Fudai feudal clan

Titles of Recent Master’s Thesis and Doctoral

Master’s Thesis

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2023
	Popular music since 1920's to 1950's -- Focusing on the composer “Koga Masao”
	The Reception System of Hagi Clan along with Ekichi heirei at the Korean envoy of bunka period
	The role of local organization in the British anti-Slave trade movement at late Eighteenth Century
	A Theory of Metropolitan- Countryside Relations in the Political and Cultural History of Southern Kyushu during the Sengoku Period
	The Political Location of the Provincial Land Proprietors in Western Provinces in the Muromachi Period, and ‘Bakufu-Shugo System’
	The role of advisors in the Toyotomi administration – Focusing on Yakuin Zenso –

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2022
	On Tiled Earthenware Hibachi with Stamped Designs in Medieval Japan
	The chronology of Koshigatana
	Early Kamakura Shogunate Rule in Kyushu
	On Water environment of Changan in Tang China : Focusing on the Guanyuntan
	Sengoku period Northern Kyushu Regiooal history Research
	The Formation Process of Perceptions of War in 1970s Japan; From the Perspective of Media
	The Study of Coarse Pedestals During the Yayoi-Kofun Transition Period – Aspects of northern Kyusyu and surrounding areas –
	About Hokyointo at Kinnenji Temple in Kitakyushu City
	Research on tiles excavated from the Utoguchi kiln

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2021
	A study of the Japanese medieval temple bell-for the Chikuzen, Chikugo, Hizen, and Higo regions
	Research on Sue pottery during the Kofun period　-Focusing on the examination of items excavated from the remains of the Shinkai kiln in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka City-
	The World of Young Generation at the period of High Economic Growth in Japan
	Thought of Agricultural Cooperative Movement in Manchukuo; Practice of an Japanese Intellctual,Daishiro SATO and Sympathy of the same Generaiton Writers, Kensaku SHIMAKI and Jun TAKAMI

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2020	The Rise of Kiyoshi HIRAIZUMI’s Historical Thoughts at Wartime Japan：Focusing on the Activities of "Kenmugikai"

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2019	The Eunach's Political Space in Houhan Dynasty: Luoyang city on 1-3century
	The political situation last Tokugawa Shogunanate the early Meiji and Nobeoka-han of the ancestral lineage with the Tokugawas
	Kyoto guard and movement of Hikone-han in last Tokugawa Shogunnate
	Reexamination of Cylindrical Haniwa in Hizen Area
	The British transatlantic slave trade and african society in the second half of the eighteenth century - Activities of The Company of Merchants Trading to Africa and Gold Coast local society
	Abolitionism and women in antebellum America: the antislavery debate about the women’s petitions in the federal government and the congress
	A study on Money History during Qing Period
	Problems in the Austro-Hungarian Empire under the Ausgleich Regime - Focusing on the ideology of Crown Prince Rudolph

Previous data

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2018	Changes in Jiaosi Ceremonies during the Tang and Song Dynasties
	Formation and Development of the Hizen Stonework Cultural Area
	Childbirth Reform and Public Health Nurses in Early Twentieth-Century America
	Research on Moated Settlements in Japan and China
	A Study of Hudson’s Bay Company Activities within the British Empire under the Revolution Settlement
	The Mother and Wife of Ashikaga Takauji – A Fundamental Study of Uesugi Kiyoko and Akahashi Toshi
	Aspects of Comradeship in Interwar Period Germany
	Fundamental Research on Sekido Stone Pillars
	Writing Materials during Administrative Use of Ancient Characters in Kyushu, with Particular Focus on Fukuoka Prefecture

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2017	Research on the Seisei Shogun - A Study of Prince Kaneyoshi’s Command
	Research on the Formation of the Muslim Brotherhood – An Introduction
	The Activities of Isshiki Noriuji, the Chinzei Kanrei and the Muromachi Shogunate’s Governance of Kyushu
	The Shoni Clan’s Political Movement and Relationship with Shogunate during the Muromachi Period
	The Creation of Imperial Household Ceremonies and Formation of the Modern Imperial Image
	Distribution Structure in the West Seto Inland Sea Area
	Equality in Honshu - Kinki Area Materials from the Yayoi Period

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2016	Research on Lower-Level Government Officials in the Early Medieval Japan
	Research on Kitsuki Domain Castle Towns
	57th Imperial Army Division Preparations for a Decisive Mainland Battle
	Sogd Soldiers during the Northern Song Dynasty - Perceptions of Sogd Soldiers
	Fukuoka Domain Economic Policies and Ashiya, Kurosaki, and Wakamatsu
	Food Problems under Emperors Yongzheng and Qianlong
	Research on Kofun Period Kagamiita Bridle Construction
	Research on Village Shinto Priest Families in Early-Modern Period
	Kyushu / Okinawa Medieval Periods Roof Tile Chronology – Focus on the Stages of Renge-Karakusa Designs in Eave-End Tiles
	Adoption and Transformation of Han Dynasty Confucianism
	Research on the Shoni Clan, Focusing on the Late Kamakura and Southern & Northern Courts Periods

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2015	Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the Daijosai Ceremony
	Narrative and Struggle in Music History - The Case of Yamada Kosaku
	Research on Middle Ming Dynasty Political History – Concerning the Political Situations of Civil Officials and Eunuchs from the Chenghua Emperor to the Early Years of the Zhengde Emperor
	Forms of Existence of ‘Indigenous’ Khitan People (Liao Dynasty)
	Research on Settlements of Clayware Craftsmen
	Research on Kegare (Defilement) during Japan’s Medieval Periods
	Formation and Development of Warrior Bands in Kyushu
	Aspects of Showa Era University Autonomy Criticism
	Changes in British Secondary Education Systems at the Turn of the Century
	Research on the Ouchi Clan of the Late Medieval Periods
	The Female Image in Ancient Greece as seen through Religious Ceremonies

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2014	Research on the Matsuura Party
	Buddhism in the Nara Period
	Aspects of Marriage during the Tang and Song Dynasties – Focus on Epitaph Inscriptions
	Exploring Hidden Christian Graves through the Tsusaki Tumulus
	Research on Ouchi Clan Retainers
	Burn Traces found on Infant Burial Jars
	Fundamental Examination of Kofun Period Harness Production
	Introductory Research on Joseph Goebbels – Focus on Connections to Struggling Period ‘Left-Wing’ Nazis
	Union of South Africa 1925 Customs Law – Systems of Racial Discrimination and the Empire’s Crossroads

Doctoral Thesis

Year	Thesis Title
Year of 2017	Examination of Harness Production Systems in Japan and Korea