is a Japanese scholar of comparative literature and critic. He also has advanced degrees and

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

careers in

Osaka University , abbreviated as , is a public research university located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's former Imperial Universities and a Designated National University listed as a "Top Type" university in the Top Global University Project. ...

Meiji University , abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ...

, Tokyo University.

Early life and education

Born in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki on 21 December 1962, Koyano moved to

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, Saitama, a

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Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

when he was a third grader. He spent three years at Kaijo High School at

Shinjuku-ku is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Buildi ...

, Tokyo, which had been founded in 1891 as a prep school for Japan's Naval Academy, before entering the prestigious University of Tokyo (Todai). After graduating from Todai, Faculty of Letters ( majoring in English literature), his academic career further progressed. He lectured full-time at

from April 1994 to March 1999. During that time, he gained a

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from Todai in 1997 for his work on the male psychology of love in Japanese literature in historical contexts.

Thought

Koyano specializes in "

Falling in love Falling in love is the development of strong feelings of attachment and love, usually towards another person. The term is metaphorical, emphasizing that the process, like the physical act of falling, is sudden, uncontrollable and leaves the ...

s and

Marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

s in the modern Japanese society".

Literature and researches

* "Motenai Otoko - ren ai ron wo koe te" : (The title : Always alone - beyond the "Falling in love") * "Edo Genso Hihan" :(The Contents : On the research for

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

, he is provoking and sometimes prohibiting the exceeded and inappropriate historical imaging without suitable references) * "Tennosei Hihan no Joshiki" :(The Common Sense of Criticism on the Monarchy)

References

{{Authority control 1962 births Living people People from Ibaraki Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni Academic staff of the University of Tokyo Academic staff of Osaka University Comparative literature academics Scholars of Japanese literature Japanese literary critics