The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Staff Members

ASAKURA Toshio
ASAKURA ToshioASAKURA Toshio
Department of Social Research・Professor
Research Specialization
  • Social structures in East Asia; Korea, Japan
Individual Research Projects
  • An Anthropological Study of Food Culture: Japan and Korea
Personal website

Academic Qualifications

  • B.A. Musashi Univ. 1974
  • M.A. Meiji Univ. 1977

Research Interests

Overseas Koreans in the Era of Globalization

Research Keywords

Korea, China, Japan, Koreans, Koreans in China, Koreans in America, Social Anthropology, Korean Studies

Publications (English publications only)

1998
Aspects of Yangbanization. In M. Shima and R. L. Janelli (eds.), The Anthropology of Korea: East Asian Perspectives (Senri Ethnological Studies 49), pp.191-211.

Exhibitions

2002
Special Exhibition “Seoul Style 2002: Life as It Is with the Lee Family” (March 21-July 16, 2002)