Okada, Kazuhiro
オカダ カズヒロ
Okada, Kazuhiro
Faculty of Letters Department of Humanities and Social Science (Literature)/Associate ProfessorBasic Information
Specialty
History of Japanese Writing Systems, Digital Humanities
Biography
Research experience
2015.04 - 2015.08
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters Researcher
2024.08
Keio Museum Commons Research Fellow
2015.09 - 2017.09
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Research Associate
Research
Reseach overview
Okada’s research focuses on structural changes in the Japanese writing system, especially those after the Meiji period. He also has a keen interest in utilising digital methods and data for Japanese linguistics.
Research Interests
- Hiragana
- History of Writing Systems
- Text encoding
Research areas
Library and information science, humanistic and social informatics / Digital Humanities
Japanese linguistics / History of Writing Systems
Linguistics
Social Activities