Noritaka Tomimura

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Affiliation: Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kumamoto University

Degree: PhD(Mar, 2008, Kumamoto University)
MA Literature(2005, Kumamoto University)
BA Health Sciences(2001, The University of Tokyo)

Contact information: tomimurakumamoto-u.ac.jp
J-GLOBAL ID: 200901005515432213
researchmap Member ID: 5000094059

External link: https://www.nori-lab.com/

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Literature - British/English-language / British drama, Elizabethan drama, Direction, Performance, Music, English language education

Research History

Apr, 2022 - Present

Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kumamoto University
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2022

Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Kure College
Sep, 2010 - Mar, 2015

Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, National institute of Technology, Kure College
Sep, 2009 - Aug, 2010

専任講師, 一般教育科, 熊本電波工業高等専門学校

Education

Papers

Musical Functions in the Climax of Medieval and Shakespeare’s Plays

Noritaka Tomimura

Hiroshima studies in English language and literature, 68 31-45, Mar, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Possibilities of Online Music Improvisation: How It Is Done and How It Can Be Made Interesting

7 3-25, 2022 Peer-reviewed
A Comparative Study in the Use of Music in Morality, Miracle, and Shakespeare’s Plays

Noritaka Tomimura

Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature, (63・64 (combined)) 1-18, Mar, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Use of ‘Hand(s)’ in Shakespeare’s Romance Plays

TOMIMURA Noritaka

22-39, Oct, 2018 Peer-reviewedLead author
Improving Project Implementation Abilities through the Production of Short Movies

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Journal of JSEE, 66(1) 67-72, Jan, 2018 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Use of Music in Shakespeare’s Plays: In Comparison with the Plays of Kyd and Marlowe.

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Studies of Shakespeare’s Works—Plays, Poems and Music, 265-90, Jun, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Use of Music in Shakespeare, Kyd and Marlowe's Plays

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature, (57, 58 (combined)) 1-17, Mar, 2015 Peer-reviewedLead author
International Exchange Study Tour and Students' Experience with English

(74) 35-40, Oct, 2012 Lead author
The Project for the Improvement of Basic Academic Ability: A Report on the First Two Years of "Eigo-Terakoya"―English Remedial Classes

(73) 63-68, Oct, 2011
Utilization of “Time Machine Question” for English Composition

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Journal of Education in Japanese College of Technology, 34(34) 481-86, 2011 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Use of Music in Shakespeare’s Plays

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Doctoral thesis (Kumamoto University), Mar, 2008 Lead author
The Use of Instrumental Music in Shakespeare’s Romance Plays

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature, (50) 39-66, Mar, 2007 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Use of Music in Shakespeare's Romances

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Master's thesis (Kumamoto University), Mar, 2005 Lead author
The Use of Vocal Music in Shakespeare’s Romance Plays

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature, (48) 21-46, Mar, 2005 Peer-reviewedLead author

Misc.

The Effect of Pronunciation-Focused English Classes for Students of a College of Technology

The English Phonetic Society of Japan, Sep, 2015 Peer-reviewed
The Effects of Visual and Sound Information of English on the Improvement of English Skills

UESUGI Yuko, ICHIZAKI Kazuaki, TOMIMURA Noritaka

World Association of Lesson Studies International Conference 2014, Nov, 2014 Peer-reviewed
The Influence of Moodle on Students' Expressing Themselves in English Classes

KAWASAKI Yuka, TOMIMURA Noritaka, ICHIZAKI Kazuaki, OGAWA Shigeru, SASAKI Hironori

ICET 2014, International Conference of Educational Technology, Nov, 2014 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

A Chronological and Comparative Study of Body Language in English and American Literature

HORI Masahito, IKEDA Yuko, KOGUCHI Keisuke, WATANABE Takuto, TOMIMURA Noritaka, SAIKI Aiko, TAKESHITA Hirotoshi (Role: Joint author, The Use of ‘Hand(s)’ in Shakespeare’s Romance Plays (pp.22-39))

Kaitakusha, Oct, 2018
Studies of Shakespeare’s Works—Plays, Poems and Music

KUMAGAE Tsuguhiro, MATSUURA Yuji, IGARASHI Hirohisa, SAGAWA Akiko, SUMIDA Mitsuko, TOMIMURA Noritaka, David Patrick Hurley, FUJISAWA Hiroyasu, MATSUURA Fusako, MARUYAMA Yuki (Role: Joint author, The Use of Music in Shakespeare’s Plays in Comparison with the Plays of Kyd and Marlowe (pp. 265-90))

Eihosha, May, 2016
Stylistic Studies of Literature: In Honour of Professor Hiroyuki Ito

HORI Masahiro, TABATA Tomoji, KUMAMOTO Sadahiro, MURATA Kazuho, IKEDA Yuko, TAKESHITA Hirotoshi, KOGUCHI Keisuke, TOMIMURA Noritaka, TAKAKI Tomoko, UEDA Osamu, Richard Gilbert (Role: Joint author, The Use of Song in Shakespeare's Plays (pp. 161-87))

Peter Lang, May, 2009 (ISBN: 3039118161)

Presentations

The Use of Music in Shakespeare's Histories

Noritaka Tomimura

Mar 9, 2025 Invited
「トピックモデリングを用いたシェイクスピアの戯曲における身体部位表現分析」（シンポジアム「英文学作品におけるBody Language 研究―中世から近現代にかけて―」）

冨村憲貴

日本英文学会中国四国支部第76回大会（於：就実大学）, Nov 3, 2024
「イギリス中世・初期近代演劇が音楽に求めたもの―シェイクスピアの事例を中心に」（シンポジアム「英文学と音楽／音楽性」）

冨村憲貴

日本英文学会中国四国支部第75回大会（於：島根大学）, Oct 29, 2023
「（シェイクスピア作品の）映画音楽は「発展」し得るのか」（セミナー「承前啓後のシェイクスピア映画」）

冨村憲貴

第61回シェイクスピア学会（於：立正大学）, Oct 15, 2023
The Effect of Pronunciation-Focused English Classes for Students of a College of Technology

TOMIMURA Noritaka

The 20th Anniversary Meeting of the English Phonetic Society of Japan, Sep, 2015
The Use of Music in Shakespeare’s Plays Compared with Works of Other Dramatists

TOMIMURA Noritaka

Hiroshima Society of Shakespeare and Modern Writers, Sep, 2014
The Use of Song in Shakespeare’s Plays

TOMIMURA Noritaka

The 60th General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan, Kyushu Branch, Oct, 2007
Dramatic Functions of the Songs of Ariel and Autolycus

TOMIMURA Noritaka

The 48th General Meeting of the Kumamoto Society of English Language and Literature, Oct, 2004

Professional Memberships

Jul, 2020

Kure Musicians Association
Dec, 2018

The Japanese Association for the Study of Musical Improvisation
Jun, 2017

Japanese Society for Engineering Education
Jun, 2011

The Musicological Society of Japan
Jul, 2007

The English Literary Society of Japan
Jun, 2004

THE Shakespeare Society of Japan
Apr, 2003

Kumamoto Society of English Language and Literature
Feb, 2002

Japanese Society of Community Psychology

Research Projects

デジタル人文学の手法を用いたイギリス中世・ルネサンス演劇の音楽機能分析

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(C), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2028

冨村憲貴
英米文学作品と歴史文体論：顔身体表現へのデジタルヒューマニティーズ的アプローチ

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(C), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2026

高口圭轉, 渡辺拓人, 田畑智司, 竹下裕俊, 堀正広, 冨村憲貴
Construction of a new system for analyzing the functions of music in British medieval and renaissance drama

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, 2021 - Mar, 2024

Noritaka Tomimura
英米文学作品における歴史的文体研究としての英語表現史研究：身体表現の機能の解明

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(C), 基盤研究(C), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022

高口圭轉, 渡辺拓人, 田畑智司, 竹下裕俊, 堀正広, 冨村憲貴
Kanadetai Project: Concert and Disaster Prevention Exhibition for Recovery Support for the Western Japan Torrential Rain Disaster in 2018

Grants-in-Aid for Projects by University and College Students, Kure Open College Network Conference, Jul, 2019 - Feb, 2020
A corpus-based study of body language in English and American literature

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, Oct, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Koguchi Keisuke, Hori Masahiro, Takeshita Hirotoshi, Tomimura Noritaka, Watanabe Takuto, Fukuda Kanako, Tabata Tomoji, Ikeda Yuko, Saiki Aiko

Social Activities

Kure Children's NPO Center YYY (member of the board of directors)

Logistic support

Apr 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2023

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