Hitomi Tonomura

Name: Hitomi Tonomura

Title(s):

• Professor

Contact Information: 734.647.7298 , tomitono@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CJS

Department Affiliation(s):

• History
• Women's Studies

Education Background: Ph.D., History, Stanford University, 1986

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• East Asian Studies

Related Countries:

• Japan

Research/Teaching Specialization: Premodern Japanese history; violence, gender in warrior society; peasants, merchants in medieval community; family and property relations; representation of the body and sexuality; ancient myths and legends; law and sexual transgressions.

Publications:

• Coercive Sex in the Medieval Japanese Court: Lady Nijô's Memoir. Fall 2006.
• Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Japan. 2006.
• Re-envisioning Women in the Post-Kamakura Age. 1997.
• Community and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan: The Corporate Villages of Tokuchin-ho. 1992.
• English-language Works on Japanese Women and Gender: Bibliography and Interpretation. 1994, 2003, 2006.
• Women and Class in Japanese History. 1999.