Yuki Sato
佐藤 雄基
Professor, Rikkyo University
medieval Japan, legal history, historiography, diplomatics (the study of documents), history education
Japanese, English
Japan
I am a historian of medieval Japan and currently a professor of History at College of Arts, Rikkyo University in Tokyo.
I'm also interested in historiography of Japanese history research abroad and comparative history, having served as a visiting scholar at the Department of History, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a visiting academic at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, and a fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University.
My primary area of expertise is the diplomatic (paleography) and legal social history of early medieval Japan (11th-14th centuries), specifically examining the practices of people during this period and how they created and utilized law and documents.
Currently, I am trying to elucidate the mechanisms behind the proliferation of these conflicts, while the medieval period was an era marked by frequent disputes and lawsuits.
My interests extend to both the comparative historical research of Kan'ichi Asakawa (1873-1948), a significant contributor in the USA, and to modern historiography, where I explores how medieval history has been studied and understood in contemporary society.
I am also interested in history education and re-evaluating the relationship between historical research and society.
My research achievements can be found on my Researchmap page. https://researchmap.jp/read0142021
Ph.D., Literature, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 2011
M.A., Literature, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 2007
B.A., Literature, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 2005
- Professor, Rikkyo University, 2021-
- Associate Professor, Rikkyo University, 2014-2021
- Research Fellow (post-doctoral) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the University of Tokyo, 2011-2014
- Research Fellow (doctoral-course) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the University of Tokyo, 2009-2011
Goseibai-shikimoku, Tokyo: Chuokoron-shinsha, 2023, 296 Pp.
Nihon Chusei Shoki no sosho to monjo (Early Medieval Documents and Lawsuits in Japan), Tokyo: Yamakawa, 2012, 312 Pp.
(co-edited with Onishi, Nobuyuki) Nihonshi wo Shukyo de yominaosu (Rethinking Japanese History Through Religion) , Tokyo:Yamagawa Shuppansha, 2025, 221Pp.
(co-edited with Ozawa, Minoru) Global History no naka no Kindai Rekishigaku (Historiography in global modernity : grasping, writing, and editing history), Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 2025, 376Pp.
(co-edited with Jinno, Kiyoshi) Goseibai-shikimoku Handbook (Handbook of Goseibai-shikimoku), Tokyo: Yoshikawa, 2024, 302 Pp.
(co-edited with Aritomi, Junya) Sekkan-Insei-ki Kenkyu wo yominaosu (Rereading Sekkan and Insei period studies), Kyoto: Shibunkaku, 2023, 400 Pp.
(co-edited with Ozawa, Minoru) Shigakka no Hikakushi (Historical studies in modern Japanese universities: a comparative approach), Tokyo: Beisei, 2022, 608 Pp.
(ed.) Meiji ga Rekishi ni natta toki: Shigakushi to shiteno Okubo Toshiaki (Historicizing the Meiji Period: Okubo Toshiaki), Tokyo: Bensei, 2020, 233Pp.