Fujiki, Kenji
Faculty of Letters Asian History Professor
Graduate School of Letters Asian History Professor
Research Overview
I have an interest in the issues that concern the urban lives of people in cities in the Middle East, especially during the period of the Ottoman Empire. I pay particular attention to the merchants and craftsmen who make up the majority of the urban population, even today, and research the people of commerce and industry and the unions of Ottoman-era Istanbul. In order to reveal the actual living conditions of merchants and craftsmen as well as the management of unions, I extract and analyze related cases from historical sources, namely sources called the Ottoman Court Records. Additionally, this same research interest has led me to research concerning contemporaneous entertainment, consumer culture, and charity work.
Specialty
History of the Ottoman Empire, Urban Social History of the Middle East