Kogakkan University

{{Infobox University | name = Kogakkan University | native_name = 皇學館大学 (''Kogakkan Daigaku'') | image = [[Image:Kogakkan University Ise Campas.jpg|On-campus temple|230px]] | established = 1882 | founder = [[Jingu-kyo]] | type = [[Private school|Private]] | president = Satoshi Kawano<br>(河野訓) | city = [[Ise, Mie]] | country = [[Japan]] | students = 2,921 | undergrad = 2,839 | postgrad = 82 | colors = Deep Purple{{Color box|#493759|border=darkgray}} | website = [http://www.kogakkan-u.ac.jp/ kogakkan-u.ac.jp] }} {{nihongo|'''Kogakkan University'''|皇學館大学|Kōgakkan daigaku}} 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).<ref>Kogakkan University Faculty of Letters: Kogakkan University official website [https://web.archive.org/web/20150316092725/http://www.kogakkan-u.ac.jp/english/faculty/index.php]</ref><ref>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.</ref> 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 * [[:ja:大倉三佳|Mika Ōkura]], female baseball player * [[:ja:三遊亭栄楽|Eiraku San'yūtei]], [[rakugo]] performer, student of [[San'yūtei Enraku V]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.kogakkan-u.ac.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

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