# Kogakkan University

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Kogakkan University 皇學館大学 (Kogakkan Daigaku) Type Private Established 1882 President Satoshi Kawano (河野訓) Students 2,921 Undergraduates 2,839 Postgraduates 82 Location Ise, Mie , Japan Colors Deep Purple Website kogakkan-u.ac.jp

**Kogakkan University** (皇學館大学, *Kōgakkan daigaku*) is a [private university](/source/Private_university) at [Ise, Mie](/source/Ise%2C_Mie), [Japan](/source/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](/source/Shinto) studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a *[kannushi](/source/Kannushi)* (Shinto priest).[1][2] The other university to offer such a program is [Kokugakuin University](/source/Kokugakuin_University) in Tokyo.

## Education and Research

### Departments

- Literature - [Shinto](/source/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](/source/Sagawa_Memorial_Museum_of_Shinto_and_Japanese_Culture%2C_Kogakkan_University), university museum on Shinto.

## Notable people

### Faculty and staff

- [Yamada Yoshio](/source/Yamada_Yoshio), linguist

- [Shigeru Yoshida](/source/Shigeru_Yoshida), former Prime Minister of Japan

- [Shuichi Toyama](/source/Shuichi_Toyama), archaeologist and historian

- [Hideki Togi](/source/Hideki_Togi), composer and actor

- [Hiroya Ino](/source/Hiroya_Ino), politician and MP

### Alumni

- [Hirokazu Shiba](/source/Hirokazu_Shiba), politician and MP

- [Ochiai Naobumi](/source/Ochiai_Naobumi), poet and literary scholar

- [Mika Ōkura](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%80%89%E4%B8%89%E4%BD%B3), female baseball player

- [Eiraku San'yūtei](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E9%81%8A%E4%BA%AD%E6%A0%84%E6%A5%BD), [rakugo](/source/Rakugo) performer, student of [San'yūtei Enraku V](/source/San'y%C5%ABtei_Enraku_V)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kogakkan University Faculty of Letters: Kogakkan University official website [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20150316092725/http://www.kogakkan-u.ac.jp/english/faculty/index.php)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 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.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.kogakkan-u.ac.jp/) (in Japanese)

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