is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

Ise, Mie , formerly called Ujiyamada (宇治山田), is a city in central Mie Prefecture, on the island of Honshū, Japan. Ise is home to Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shintō shrine in Japan. The city has a long-standing title – Shinto (神都) ...

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. 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 Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shintois ...

studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a ''

kannushi A , also called , is a person responsible for the maintenance of a as well as for leading worship of a given .* ''Kannushi'' (in Japanese), Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version The characters for are sometimes also re ...

'' (Shinto priest).S.D.B.Picken "Faith-based schools in Japan: Paradoxes and Pointers". In J.D. Chapman et al. (eds.) "International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools". New York: Springer. P. 523. The other university to offer such a program is

Kokugakuin University Kokugakuin University (國學院大學; ''Kokugakuin Daigaku'', abbreviated as 國學大 ''Kokugakudai'' or 國大 ''Kokudai'') is a private university, whose main office is in Tokyo's Shibuya district. The academic programs and research include ...

in Tokyo.

Education and Research

Departments

* Literature **

** 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

Notable people

Faculty and staff

Yamada Yoshio was a Japanese linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly ...

, linguist *

Shigeru Yoshida (22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. Yoshida was one of the longest-serving Japanese prime ministers, and is the third-long ...

, former Prime Minister of Japan * Shuichi Toyama, archaeologist and historian *

Hideki Togi is a Japanese composer, gagaku musician, and actor. His current label is Universal Music Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporatio ...

, composer and actor * Hiroya Ino, politician and MP

Alumni

Hirokazu Shiba is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Overview A native of Nabari, Mie and graduate of Kogakkan University, he was elected to the House of Councillor ...

, politician and MP *

Ochiai Naobumi was a Japanese tanka poet and scholar of Japanese literature of the Meiji Era. He was born as Ayukai Morimitsu and was the biological elder brother of the Korean scholar Ayukai Fusanoshin. Biography Ochiai was born in what was then Motoyoshi C ...

, poet and literary scholar * Mika Ōkura, female baseball player * Eiraku San'yūtei,

rakugo is a form of ''yose'', which is itself a form of Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone sits on a raised platform, a . Using only a and a as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long ...

performer, student of

San'yūtei Enraku V was a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for Master of Ceremonies, hosting the ''Shōten'' comedy show on Nippon TV. His comedic career spanned several decades. He was born and at the time used Enraku as his stage name. He was known using t ...

References

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* Educational institutions established in 1882 Private universities and colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Mie Prefecture Ise Grand Shrine Shinto universities and colleges Nabari, Mie 1882 establishments in Japan {{mie-university-stub