Shun Ikeda

Shun Ikeda (池田俊一 Ikeda Shunichi) from Shinjuku, Tokyo, is a specialist in Japanese language, culture and society, and a senior lecturer at the Australian National University's School of Culture, History and Language.[1] He has research interests in comparative education in Asia and socio-linguistics, and has published several papers and translations.[2]

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Education

Shun graduated Tokyo Metropolitan High School in 1967 and attended the Australian National University from 1970–1975, receiving a BA Hons.[3] He then took up a teaching position at the Australian National University, which he holds currently.

Kabuki

Shun Ikeda is the current director of the Australian National University's Za Kabuki group, established in 1976.[4] Za Kabuki follows Kabuki tradition while additionally performers are instructed by Shun to "enjoy yourselves".[5] Shun has directed the performances every year except for 2008, when the performance of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's Love At Sea was directed by Masafumi Matsumoto.[6]

Publications

Shun co-authored the textbook, "Modern Japanese Grammar: A Practical Guide" with ANU Japan Centre staff, Carol Hayes, Peter Hendriks and Mika Kizu.[7] He also contributed an entries to the "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture" published in 2001,[8] and wrote a paper on "Teaching Japanese Culture and Language" for the Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia.[9] He was also a secondary researcher for "Asian Accounts of Australia: change, comparison, and Analysis"[10]

References

  1. ^ "Shun Ikeda, BA Hons (ANU)". http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/people/personal/ikedashun.php. 
  2. ^ "East Asian Studies - Staff". http://info.anu.edu.au/studyat/Graduate_School/Study_Fields/eastasian/staff#ikeda. 
  3. ^ "ANU Researcher profile- Ikeda. S.". https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/ikeda-s. 
  4. ^ "Za Kabuki- Who We Are". https://sites.google.com/site/zakabuki2010/who-we-are. 
  5. ^ "The 34th Annual Japanese Evening 2011". http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Japan&month=1109&week=a&msg=LKjeLX46kZl8fregWkSf5Q. 
  6. ^ "Za Kabuki 2008 presents Hakata Kojoro Namimakura - Love at Sea". https://sites.google.com/site/zakabuki/home. 
  7. ^ Modern Japanese grammar : a practical guide (London : Routledge. ed.). London: Routledge. 2004. ISBN 0415270901. 
  8. ^ Buckley, edited by Sandra (2001). Encyclopedia of contemporary Japanese culture (1. publ. ed.). New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415143446. 
  9. ^ "Teaching Japanese Culture and Language". https://researchers.anu.edu.au/publications/29172. 
  10. ^ "Asian Accounts of Australia: change, comparison, and Analysis". https://researchers.anu.edu.au/projects/1710. 

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