Yusaku Iwaki

Present Positions

Research Fellow, the Institute of Oriental Philosophy

Part-time Lecturer, Soka University

Field of Research

Pedagogy

History of Modern Japanese Education

Academic Societies

Japanese Educational Research Association

The Japan Society for Historical Studies of Education

The Japanese History of Education Society

Soka University Education Society

The Kanto Educational Research Society

History of Educational Thought Society

The Historical Society of Japan

The Japanese Society for Historical Studies

Association for Japanese Intellectual History

Education

Soka University, Ph.D. in Education

Main Publications

Books:

• Transformation and Reconstruction of the Master-Disciple Relationship in Modern Japanese School Education (Tokyo:Toshindo,2020)

Papars：

• "A Study of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi's Response to the State Policies of Guiding Ideological Conversion (tenkō) of Thought Criminals Under the Peace Preservation Law: Interpreting Makiguchi's How Is It Possible to Completely Convert Communist Youth?" Soka Education No. 16, Ikeda Research Institute for Soka Education, 2023.
• "How Did Tsunesaburo Makiguchi Think About the Relationship Between Teachers and Children?"Journal of Soka University Education Society No.32, Soka University Education Society, 2023.
• "Necessity of Religion from the Pedagogical Logic of The Pedagogical Logic of the Necessity of Religion in the System of Value-Creating Pedagogy" Soka Education No. 13, Institute for Soka Education,2020.
• "School Mottos in Modern Schooling: Focusing on the Training Aspect of One-class School" Annual Report of the Kanto Educational Research Society No.44, The Kanto Educational Research Society, 2017.
• "An Attempt at a History of the Formation of Value Theory: Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda" Journal of Soka University Education Society No.26, Soka University Education Society, 2016.
• "The School Disputes and School Spirit in the Meiji era: Focusing on the Decay of Releationship between Master and Disciple Discourse" Journal of Japanese History of Education No.33, The Japanese History of Education Society, 2014.