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NAKAMURA Hiroshi, Ph.D. (Professor) [KUID]

Personal History

Born in 1966. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Kansai University, in 1989. Received a Ph.D. in Literature from Kansai University in 2023. Previously served as an excavation researcher at the Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education’s Office for the Investigation of Buried Cultural Properties (excavation surveys, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake reconstruction survey, and conservation science); worked in the Cultural Properties Division of the Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education (handling designated monuments); served as Curatorial Department Manager at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology; and as Project Section Manager for the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Ancient Bronze Mirrors. Currently serves as Assistant Director of the museum and Manager of the Planning and Public Relations Section. Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University, in 2026.

Area of expertise

Japanese Archaeology (Kofun Period)

I examine the actual situation of central authority’s control over local regions during the period of state formation, drawing on archaeological evidence such as large keyhole-shaped burial mounds, imported artifacts, and technologies for transporting heavy objects—including ships and stone coffins. My research focuses particularly on the Hyogo Prefecture region, which borders the central authority’s sphere of influence. I am also interested in activities that leverage the unique characteristics of locally rooted archaeological materials to contribute to regional revitalization through initiatives such as museum programs.

Major Publications and Papers

• ・Rescue and Restoration of Disaster Affected Historical and Cultural Heritage through Public-Private-Academic Collaboration: A Case Study of the Rescue of Historical Materials Damaged by Typhoon No.23 in Hyogo Prefecture, Hyogo Prefectural Archives, Hyogo no Shiori Vol.8, Hyogo Prefecture, 2006)
• ・Harima no Kuni Fudoki and the Umaya(Station of Houses) of Harima Province, the Historical Institute of Hyogo Prefecture, Bulletin of the Historical Institute of Hyogo Prefecture, Vol.1, 2016）
• ・Boats of the Kofun Period, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, The World of Haniwa: Interpreting Kofun (old tomb) Through Haniwa, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology Special Exhibition Catalog No.25, 2019)
• ・Large Kofun (old tomb) and the Road of the Yamato Kingship, Harima Research Institute, Harima Province during the Kofun Period, Kobe Shimbun General Publishing Center, 2024
• ・Reconstruction and Utilization of the House-shaped stone coffin made of Tatsuyama stone: The stone coffin placed at the front of the Misemaruyama Kofun (old tomb), Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, Bulletin of the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, No.18, 2025)