Professors Emeriti
- Directors-General
- Professors Emeriti
UMESAO Tadao（1920-2010）
Director-General, June 1974–March 1993
Ethnology, comparative study of civilizations
SASAKI Komei（1929-2013）
Director-General, April 1993–March 1997
History of agriculture in East and South Asia
ISHIGE Naomichi
Director-General, April 1997–March 2003
Cultural anthropology
MATSUZONO Makio
Director-General, April 2003–March 2009
Social anthropology
SUDO Ken’ichi
Director-General, April 2009–March 2017
Social anthropology
YOSHIDA Kenji
Director-General, April 2017–
Representation of Culture in Museum
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SOFUE Takao[deceased]
1984–
Psychological anthropology
IWATA Keiji[deceased]
1985–
Cultural anthropology
KATO Kyuzo[deceased]
1986–
Ethnic history in North
and Central Asia
ITOH Mikiharu[deceased]
1988–
Anthropology of religion
NAKAMURA Shunkichi[deceased]
1988–
Study of ethnic technologies and tools
KIMISHIMA Hisako
1989–
Chinese folklore
WADA Yuiti[deceased]
1990–
Linguistic anthropology
TARUMI Minoru[deceased]
1991–
Anthropology in spatial domains
SUGIMOTO Hisatsugu
1992–
Cultural geography,Cultural anthropology
UMESAO Tadao(First Director-General)[deceased]
1993–
Ethnology, comparative study of civilizations
OGYU Chikasato[deceased]
1993–
Cultural structure of Latin America
KATAKURA Motoko[deceased]
1993–
Social geography,Ethnology
TAKEMURA Takuji[deceased]
1994–
Social anthropology
CHOU Ta-sheng[deceased]
1995–
Theory of material culture
MATSUZAWA Kazuko
1995–
Social anthropology
DAIMARU Hiroshi[deceased]
1996–
Comparative study of the history of lifestyles, based on clothing, etc.
TOMOEDA Hiroyasu[deceased]
1996–
Social anthropology
FUJII Tomoaki
1996–
Ethnomusicology,Anthropology of music
SASAKI Komei(Second Director-General)[deceased]
1997-
History of agriculture in East and South Asia
SUGIMURA Toh
1997–
Study of ethno-arts
WADA Shohei
1998–
Comparative study of cultures,Anthropology of Africa
SHIMIZU Akitoshi
2000–
Comparative study of families,Study of Oceania
KURODA Etsuko
2001–
Theory of ethnicity and social culture,anthropology of Central America
SAKIYAMA Osamu
2001–
Linguistic anthropology,Oceanic linguistics
HATA Nobuyuki
2001–
Economic anthropology,Anthropology of Africa
KOYAMA Shuzo
2002–
Ethnoarchaeology
MORITA Tsuneyuki
2002–
Conservation science,Ethno-technology
ISHIGE Naomichi(Third Director-General)
2003–
Cultural anthropology
KURITA Yasuyuki
2003–
Museum anthropology,Study of Bhutan
SUGITA Shigeharu
2003–
Computer ethnology,Study of civilization
Kumakura Isao
2004–
History of Japanese culture
TACHIKAWA Musashi
2004–
Philosophy of religion,Buddhist thought
TANABE Shigeharu
2004–
Social anthropology of Southeast Asia
FUJII Tatsuhiko
2004–
Prehistory of the New World continent
YAMADA Mutsuo[deceased]
2004–
History of Latin America,Area study of Latin America
EGUCHI Paul K.[deceased]
2005–
Oral literature and material culture of the Fulfulde-speaking people,Cameroon
OHTSUKA Kazuyoshi
2005–
Aynu (Ainu) culture,Material culture of North Asian food gatherers,paleoecology, Prehistoric Subsistence,Japan
MATSUBARA Masatake
2005–
Social structure, Turkey,Eastern Asia, Central Asia
ISHIMORI Shuzo
2006–
Cultural development studies,anthropology of tourism,Museum anthropology,Cultural resource management;Micronesia, Polynesia,Southeast Asia, Japan
NOMURA Masaichi[deceased]
2006–
Nonverbal communication,Ethnology of Mediterranean Europe
OMORI Yasuhiro
2007–
Ethnology,Visual anthropology
YAMAMOTO Norio
2007–
Ethnobotany,Ethnology, the Andes, the Himalayas
MATSUZONO Makio(Fourth Director-General)
2009–
Social anthropology
Matsuyama Toshio
2010–
Ethnology of contemporary Australian aboriginal society
NAGANO Yasuhiko
2011–
Historical linguistics, lexical semantics;Tibeto-Burman area
AKIMICHI Tomoya
2012-
Maritime anthropology,Ecological anthropology;Oceania,Southeast Asia, Japan
NAKAMAKI Hirochika
2012-
Japanese religion,Brazilian company culture; Japan
KOBAYASHI Shigeki
2014-
Museum Science,Cultural Anthropology
TAMURA Katsumi
2014-
Cultural Anthropology;Southeast Asia, East Asia
YOSHIMOTO Shinobu
2014-
Textile Arts and Technology;Asia, Africa, America, Europe
KUBO Masatoshi
2015-
Ethno-Informatics,Computer Ethnology,Study on Aboriginal Australian Culture
SHOJI Hiroshi
2015-
Finno-Ugric Linguistics,Ethnolinguistics,Language Policy; Northern Europe,China
YASUGI Yoshiho
2015-
Linguistic Anthropology,Writing Systems, Mayan Civilization,Mesoamerica
ASAKURA Toshio
2016-
Social structures in East Asia;Korea, Japan
SASAKI Shiro
2016-
Socioeconomic history of reindeer-breeders and forest hunters;Northern Asia, Siberia
SUGIMOTO Yoshio
2016-
Social anthropology;Sri Lanka, South India
SUDO Ken’ichi(Fifth Director-General)
2017-
Social anthropology
TAKEZAWA Shoichiro
2017-
Afirican history,History of anthropological thought;West Africa
TSUKADA Shigeyuki
2017-
Ethnohistory; Southern China
INTOH Michiko
2018-
Prehistory of Oceania; Oceania,Island Southeast Asia
YOKOYAMA Hiroko
2018-
Cultural anthropology,Chinese society and culture
TERADA Yoshitaka
2020-
Ethnomusicology,Study of South India
DEGUCHI Masayuki(Masa)
2021-
Third sector research, civil society studies