Jean-Jacques Origas

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Jean-Jacques Origas (1937- 2003) was a French scholar of Japanese literature and art; and he was an expert in the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language in France. He was a Japanologist and a Professor of Japanese at the Sorbonne in Paris.

1 An academic career
- 1.1 Selected work
- 1.2 Honors
2 References

[edit] An academic career

Origas studied Japanese the Sorbonne. He furthered his education at Waseda University in Tokyo; and he taught at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.^[1]

Oregas was a Professor of Japanese at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (l'Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales or INALCO) in Paris.^[1] He became a visiting professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, where he lectured on Haiku in contemporary French poetry (1992)^[2] and his work on Meiji literature was the subject of a Nichibunken Mokuyo Seminar (1996).^[3]

He was also president of the Centre d'Etudes Japonaises d'Alsace (CEJA).^[4]

[edit] Selected work

Origas, Jean-Jacques. (2000). Dictionnaire de littérature japonaise. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. 10-ISBN 2-130-50441-8; 13-ISBN 978-2-130-50441-2 (paper)
____________. "Japanese-Language Education in France:Present and Future." Current report on Japanese-language education around the globe, Japan Foundation. Vol. 1, pp. 173-176.

Didier, Béatrice. (1994). Dictionnaire universel des littératures ("Notices sur la revue Hototogisu, les écrivains Nagatsuka Takashi [1879-1915] et Takahama Kyoshi [1874-1959]" -- section littérature japonaise sous la direction de Jean-Jacques Origas). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. 10-ISBN 2-130-43013-9
de Touchet, Elizabeth. (2003). Quand les francais armaient le Japon: la creation de l'arsenal de Yokosuka, 1865-1882 {Preface de Jean-Jacques Origas). Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes. 10-ISBN 2-868-47705-4