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Affiliation: Professor,Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Institute for Research in Humanities Cultural Representation, Kyoto University

Degree: Master of Literature(Mar, 2020)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901047803438263
researchmap Member ID: 1000236142

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / History - Asia/Africa /

Research History

2009

- 京都大学人文科学研究所教授
2009

- Professor , Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
1996 - 2001

Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Ryukoku University
1996 - 2001

Associate Professor,
2001

- 京都大学人文科学研究所助教授
2001

- Associate Professor,
1988 - 1996

Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
1988 - 1996

Research Associate,
Kyoto University
Ryukoku University
Faculty of Intercultural Communication,
Kyoto University.
Institute for Research in Humanities,

Education

- 1988

Kyoto University
- 1988

Department of Oriental History, Graduate School, Division of Letters, Kyoto University
- 1983

Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University
- 1983

Faculty of Literature, Kyoto University

Committee Memberships

Nov, 2012 - Present

理事, 内陸アジア史学会
Dec, 2011 - Present

編集委員, 西南アジア研究会
Nov, 2010 - Present

評議員, 東洋史研究会
May, 2016 - May, 2022

理事, 日本オリエント学会
Nov, 2010 - Oct, 2018

理事, 史学研究会
2001

member of the editorial board, The Society for Western and Southern Asiatic Studies
2001

councilor, The Society of Oriental Researchers
2001

member of the board of directors, The Society of Historical REsearch

Awards

1995

東方学会賞
1995

Toho Gakkai Award

Papers

Frontier and 'ajā'ib : Representation of India in the Islamic literatures of 11th to 13th century

Inaba, Minoru

The Tôhô Gakuhô, 94 482-462, Dec, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead author
Between Zābulistān and Gūzgān: A Study of the Early Islamic History of Afghanistan

INABA Minoru

Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology, 7 209-225, Apr, 2017 Peer-reviewed
From Caojuzha to Ghazna/Ghaznin: Early Medieval Chinese and Muslim Descriptions of Eastern Afghanistan

Inaba Minoru

JOURNAL OF ASIAN HISTORY, 49(1-2) 97-117, 2015 Peer-reviewedInvited
Pre- and Early Islamic History of the Regions across the Hindukush

(79) 1-27, Dec, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Kabul in the Premodern Period : Historical Shifts of the Regional Center in Eastern Afghanistan

88 402-359, Dec, 2013 Peer-reviewed
モンゴル時代以前の西トルキスタン—ソグディアナからガンダーラまで—

INABA, Minoru

内陸アジア史研究 26号 pp.58-63, May, 2011
前近代史のなかのコンタクト・ゾーン : Finbarr B. Flood 著Objects of Translation をめぐって

稲葉, 穣

コンタクト・ゾーン = Contact zone, 4 1-9, Mar 24, 2011
Arab Soldiers in China at the Time of the An-Shi Rebellion

INABA, Minoru

Memoirs of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko, 68 pp.35-61., 2011
「ヘラートの「カーマ・スートラ」－中世アフガニスタンにおけるトランスカルチュレイション－」

稲葉穣

田中雅一・稲葉穣編『コンタクト・ゾーンの人文学 II: Material Culture 物質文化』晃洋書房, pp.3-37., 2011
Kabul and Central Asia in the first half of the 8th century

The Journal of Oriental researches, 69(1) 174-151, Jun, 2010 Peer-reviewed
Notes on Ni-shu

Journal of Oriental studies, 85 692-674, Mar, 2010 Peer-reviewed
From Kesar the Kābulšāh and Central Asia.

INABA, Minoru

M. Alram et al.(eds.) Coins, Art and Chronology II, Vienna, pp.443-455., 2010 Peer-reviewed
Nezak in Chinese Sources.

INABA, Minoru

M. Alram et al.(eds.) Coins, Art and Chronology II, Vienna, pp.191-202., 2010 Peer-reviewed
Yakaulang and Ribat-e Karvan:A Study on the Historical Geography of Northern Hazarajat, Afghanistan

INABA Minoru

Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, 50(1) 53-79, 2007 Peer-reviewed
The Identity of the Turkish Rulers to the South of Hindukush from the 7th to the 9th Centuries A.D.

INABA Minoru

ZINBUN, 38 1-19, 2006
Two traditions concerning the coming of Islam to South India and Sri Lanka.

Inaba Minoru

Journal of the Socio-Cultural Research Institute,Ryukoku University : society and culture, 6 165-172, Mar 25, 2004
The Xalaj Kingdoms in Afghanistan

Journal of Oriental studies, 76 313-382, Mar 10, 2004 Peer-reviewed
ナーイ・カラ石窟開窟の歴史的背景について

稲葉穣

西南アジア研究, (58) 83-96, 2003 Peer-reviewed
The 'Arab Soldiers in China at the Time of An-Shi Rebellion.

INABA Minoru

Intercultural studies = Etudes interculturelles = Internationale Kultureforschungen = Исследование международной культуры, 5 16-33, Mar 31, 2001
ゴール朝と11-12世紀のアフガニスタン

稲葉穣

西南アジア研究, (51) 16-42, Sep, 1999 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

The World of the Ancient Silk Road

Minoru Inaba (Role: Contributor, Kābul and the Regional Centers of Eastern Afghanistan in their Historical Perspectives)

Routeledge, Sep, 2022 (ISBN: 9780367199968) Peer-reviewed
The History and Culture of Iran and Central Asia: From the Pre-Islamic to the Islamic Period

D. G. Tor, Minoru Inaba (Role: Joint editor)

University of Notre Dame Press, Apr, 2022 (ISBN: 9780268202095)
イスラームの東・中華の西：七〜八世紀の中央アジアを巡って

稲葉穣

臨川書店, Mar, 2022 (ISBN: 9784653045236)
Hunnic Peoples in Central and South Asia

Minoru Inaba (Role: Contributor, The legend of Xinnie in the seventh and eighth centuries)

Barkhuis: Groningen, Mar, 2020
1187年 : 巨大信仰圏の出現

稲葉穣 (Role: Contributor, イスラームとインドのフロンティア)

山川出版社, Dec, 2019 (ISBN: 9784634445048)
Encountering Buddhism and Islam in Pre Modern Central and South Asia

INABA Minoru (Role: Contributor, The Narratives on teh Bamiyan Buddhist Remains in the Islamic Period)

De Gruyter, Sep, 2019 (ISBN: 9783110629163)
中央ユーラシア史研究入門

稲葉穣 (Role: Contributor, 第二章第二節)

山川出版社, Apr, 2018 (ISBN: 9784634640870)
The 'Abbasid and Carolingian Empires: Comparative Studies in Civilizational Formation

INABA Minoru (Role: Contributor, Across the Hindukusch of the ‘Abbasid Period)

E. J. Brill, Oct, 2017 (ISBN: 9789004349896)
The Encyclopaedia of Islam Three

INABA Minoru (Role: Contributor, Ghaznavids)

E. J. Brill, Mar, 2016
統治の書

稲葉穣 (Role: Joint translator)

岩波書店, Sep, 2015 (ISBN: 4000284207)
Medieval Central Asia and the Persianate World

INABA Minoru (Role: Contributor, A Venture on teh Frontier: Alptegin's Conquest of Ghazna and its Sequel)

I. B. Tauris, Sep, 2015 (ISBN: 9781784532390)
Turko-Mongol Rulers, Cities, and City Life

INABA Minoru (Role: Contributor, Sedentary Rulers on the Move: The Travels of the Early Ghaznavid Sultans)

E. J. Brill, 2013 (ISBN: 9789004248762)
船山徹編『中国印度宗教史とくに仏教史における書物の流通伝播と人物移動の地域特性』

稲葉穣 (Role: Contributor, 悟空（車奉朝）の入竺経路について)

平成19年〜22年科学研究費補助金成果報告書, Mar, 2012
『コンタクト・ゾーンの人文学 II: Material Culture 物質文化』

稲葉穣 (Role: Joint editor)

晃洋書房, Mar, 2011 (ISBN: 9784771022119)
『伝ウマル・ハイヤーム著ノウルーズの書』(東方学資料叢刊19）

稲葉穣 (Role: Joint translator)

京都大学人文科学研究所附属東アジア人文情報学研究センター, 2011
The Encyclopaedia Iranica

INABA Minoru (Role: Contributor, KANDAHAR iii: Early Islamic Period)

Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation, 2011
Coins, Art and Chronology II: Indo-Iranian Borderlands in the First Millennium C.E.

Minoru Inaba (Role: Joint editor)

Austrian Academy of Science, Dec, 2010 (ISBN: 9783700168850)
世界史史料2 南アジア・イスラーム世界・アフリカ：18世紀まで

稲葉穣 (Role: Contributor, ウマイヤ朝のシンド征服／ヒンドゥーとムスリム／ムスリム商人の活躍)

岩波書店, Jul, 2009 (ISBN: 9784000263801)
『南アジア史２』（世界歴史大系）

稲葉穣 (Role: Contributor, ムスリム諸勢力の南アジア進出)

山川出版社, 2007
『南西アジア地域へのイスラーム伝播ルートと初伝伝説の基礎的研究』

稲葉穣

（平成16年度－平成17年度科学研究費補助金成果報告書）, 2006

Presentations

The Background and Foreground of Japanese Archaeological Missions in Afghanistan

Minoru Inaba

Politics and Archaeological Missions in Afghanistan: Japanese and International Research on Afghanistan and Iranian Plateau, Feb 20, 2024 Invited
Shifting Pilgrimage Routes between China and India through Cnetral Asia from the 6th to the 8th Centuries

Climate, Volcanoes and History in the long 8th Century CE -- VCH Worshop V, Nov 29, 2023, Anika Haverig, Ulf Büntgen Invited
仏と銅：アフガニスタンにおける経済開発と文化遺産

稲葉穣

京都大学丸の内セミナー, Oct 6, 2023
葱嶺の彼方へ：玄奘三蔵とイシク・クル湖・パミールの度

稲葉穣

人文研アカデミー連続講座「読んで旅して考える—文献研究とフィールドワーク」, Sep 29, 2023
Revisiting Khair Khana: a consideration on the history of 6th-7th centuries in Eastern Afghanistan

Inaba, Minoru

Tenth European Conference of Iranian Studies, Aug 22, 2023
On the Literary Sources for the Early and Late History of the Kābulshāhs

Inaba, Minoru

Looking into the Multi Sources for the Śahis' History, Jun 7, 2023 Invited
Activities of Japanese Archaeological Missions to Afghanistan: from the 1960s to the 1970s

Minoru Inaba

Arts and Heritage of Afghanistan, 100 years of archaeological research 1922-2022, Nov 18, 2022, Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet, Fondation Inalco, Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan Invited
Between Central and South Asia: The History of Afghanistan and its Mountains

Minoru Inaba

Interpreting Afghanistan: Art, Archaeology, and History of the Eastern Iranian World (600 BCE - 999 CE), Oct 6, 2022, Mark Gradoni, Ileana De Giuseppe, Agnik Bhattacharya, Leighton Smith Invited
The History of the Turkshāhs of Kābul

Minoru INABA

Jun 22, 2022, Collège de France Invited
京都大学中央アジア学術調査隊とバーミヤーン石窟画像データベース

稲葉穣

危機迫るアフガニスタン文化遺産〜「青の弥勒」からのメッセージ, Sep 21, 2021 Invited
ヒンドゥークシュは「インド人殺しか」—前近代アフガニスタンの山と道—

稲葉穣

令和二年度東方学会秋期学術大会, Nov 7, 2020, 東方学会 Invited
Islamic History of Bamiyan Buddhas

Inaba, Minoru

Feb 15, 2020, Center for Studies of Cultural Heritage and Inter Humanities, Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters Invited
From China to India through the Arabs & Tibetans: a Chinese envoy to Kabul in 751

Inaba, Minoru

LUCIS What's New? Lectures (University of Leiden), Nov 21, 2019, Institute of Area Studies, Leiden University Invited
Buddhist monuments to the west of Afghanistan —Was there a westward propagation of Buddhism?—

INABA Minoru

University of Delaware Asian Study Program special lecture, Apr 25, 2018 Invited
Did Hindu Kush really kill Indians? — Geography and historical routes across Afghanistan —

INABA Minoru

Harvard University Inner Asian and Altaic Study lecture, Apr 18, 2018
The Travels of Chinese Buddhist Monks and the Medieval History of Central Asia

INABA Minoru

University of Notre Dame Medieval Institute Special Lecture, Mar 8, 2018, University of Notre Dame Medieval Institute Invited
The Muslim Narratives on the Bamiyan Buddhist Remains

INABA Minoru

Drexel University Department of Art History Special Lecture, Feb 15, 2018, Drexel University Department of Art History Invited
The Islam and Bamiyan Buddhas

INABA Minoru

Princeton University Department of Near Eastern Studies Seminar, Nov 6, 2017, Princeton University Department of Near Eastern Studies Invited
The Islamic History of Bamiyan Buddhas

INABA Minoru

Nov 28, 2016 Invited
Central Asia in the mid-8th century: Wukong's itinerary towards India

INABA Minoru

Moving Borders: Current Research on Afghanistan between Inner and South Asia, Jan 26, 2016, Austrian Academy of Sciences/ Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Documentation of Inner and South Asian Cultural History Invited

Professional Memberships

Works

ヒマラヤ西部に関する文化史的研究

2001 - 2006
Cultural History of the Western Himalaya

2001 - 2006

Research Projects

Historical research on the urban structure of West Asian 'Islamic cities'

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2018 - Mar, 2023
７－１１世紀中央アジア、南アジアにおける文化発展と文化交流の研究

科学研究費助成事業, 特別研究員奨励費, 日本学術振興会, Jul, 2020 - Mar, 2022

稲葉穣, VERDON NOEMIE
７－１１世紀中央アジア、南アジアにおける文化発展と文化交流の研究

科学研究費助成事業, 特別研究員奨励費, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2022

稲葉穣, VERDON NOEMIE
Historical studies on the mountain frontiers of pre-Modern Eurasia

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022
Study on historical Afghanistan as a frontier

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2019

Inaba Minoru
Archaeological Study on the Development and the Origin of the Buddhist Culture in the Northern and Southern Dynasties Peroid

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2016

OKAMURA HIDENORI, INABA Minoru, FUNAYAMA Toru, MUKAI Yusuke, HIROKAWA Mamoru, NAKAI Izumi, HISHIDA Tetsuo
Reconsidering the Ancient History of Afghanistan Based on the Numismatic Evidences

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

INABA Minoru
A Study on the Historical Geography and Toponyms of Pre-modern Afghanistan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2009 - 2011

INABA Minoru, IWAI Shumpei
Archaeological Study on the Origins of Early Chinese Buddhist Temples

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2008 - 2011

OKAMURA Hidenori, INABA Minoru, FUNAYAMA Toru, MUKAI Yusuke, HISHIDA Tetsuo, IMAI Kouki, INAMOTO Yasuo, HIROKAWA Mamoru
Regional Characteristics of Text Disseminations and Relocation of People in the History of Chinese and Indian Religions, with Special Reference to Buddhism

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2007 - 2010

FUNAYAMA Toru, INABA Minoru, MUGITANI Kunio, KOGACHI Ryuichi, SAKAUCHI Shigeo, ISHII Kosei, NAKANISHI Keiko, MUROJI Yoshihito, YOSHIMURA Makoto, TANSEN Sen, JINHUA Chen, HELMUT Krasser, JONATHAN A. Silk
複数文化接触領域としての中央アジアにおける宗教史の再構築

2006 - 2009
Reconsidering the religious history of Central Asia as a multi-cultural contact zone

2006 - 2009
Islam in Central Asia ; from the first transmission to the revival in recent times

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2006 - 2009

HAMADA Masami, KUBO Kazuyuki, INABA Minoru, TOUNAGA Yasushi, ONO Hiroshi, YAJIMA Yoichi
南アジアへのイスラーム伝播ルートの研究

2003 - 2005
Study on the diffusion of the Islam to South Asia

2003 - 2005
A Preliminary Study on the Routes of Diffusion of Islam and Its Legends

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2003 - 2005

INABA Minoru
Historical Studies on Formation and Change of Muslim Communities in Central Asia

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2002 - 2005

HORIKAWA Toru, ITANI Kozo, INABA Minoru, KAWAMOTO Masatomo, KOMATSU Hisao, OBIYA Chika
イスラーム東漸史の研究

1997 - 2002
Study on the History of Early Islamic Expansion to the East.

1997 - 2002
FORMATION OF THE BUDDHIST CAVE TEMPLE

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1998 - 2001

KUWAYAMA Shoshin, FUNAYAMA Tohru, INABA Minoru, TAKATA Tokio, MASHITA Hiroyuki