Kogakkan University

is a private university at Ise, 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 a Shinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a kannushi (Shinto priest). The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.

Education and Research

Departments

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

Graduate programs

• Literature
• Shinto specialization
• Japanese Literature specialization
• Japanese History specialization
• Education
• Education specialization

Special Programs

• Shinto Studies Graduate Program

Facilities

• Sagawa Memorial Museum of Shinto and Japanese Culture, Kogakkan University, university museum on Shinto.

Notable people

Faculty and staff

• 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

• Hirokazu Shiba, politician and MP
• Ochiai Naobumi, poet and literary scholar
• , female baseball player
• , rakugo performer, student of San'yÅ«tei Enraku V

References

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