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Affiliation: Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Divison of Literature, Department of Indological Studies, Kyoto University

Degree: PhD(University of Groningen)
Master (Literature)(The University of Tokyo)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0571-2966
J-GLOBAL ID: 200901065649728332
researchmap Member ID: 5000027806

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2013 - Present

Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2013

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
Apr, 1997 - Mar, 2002

Associate Professor, Kochi University of Technology
Jan, 1990 - Mar, 1997

Assistant, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

Education

Apr, 1988 - Jan, 1990

Indian Philosopy and Literature, Doctor Course, Graduate School, Division of Humanities, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 1985 - Mar, 1988

Department of Indian Philosophy and Literature, Master Course, Graduate School of Letters, Division of Humanities, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 1981 - Mar, 1984

Department of Indian Philosopy and Literature,, Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 1978 - Mar, 1981

Science Course 1, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Major Papers

The development of Saivism in Kotivarsa, North Bengal, with special reference to the Kotivarsa-Mahatmya in the Skandapurana

Yuko Yokochi

Indo-Iranian Journal, 56(3-4) 295-324, 2013 Peer-reviewedInvited
Triumph of Buddhism or Saivism? A study in the ninth century Kashmirian poem Kapphinabhyudaya.

YOKOCHI Yuko

Journal of Indian Buddhist Studies, 60(3) 1153-1160, Mar, 2012 Peer-reviewed
The Rise of the Warrior Goddess in Ancient India. A Study of the Myth Cycle of Kausiki-Vindhyavasini in the Skandapurana.

YOKOCHI Yuko

Doctoral thesis, Univ. of Groningen., Dec, 2004
Mahisasuramardini Myth and Icon, Studies in the Skandapurana II.

YOKOCHI Yuko

Studies in the History of Indian Thought, 11 65-103, 1999 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

Review `From the Material to the Deity, Inidan Rituals of Consecrtation'

Yokochi, Yuko

Journal of the Association of the South Asian Studies, 18 192-198, 2005 Peer-reviewedInvited
Report of the 12th World Sanskrit Coference (Purana section)

Yokochi, Yuko

Tohogaku, 107 176-185, Jan, 2004 Peer-reviewedInvited
Items: Gitagovinda, Purana

Yokochi, Yuko

Weekly Encyclopaedia of World Literature, No.115: Indian Literature 1, 2001 Invited
Items: Purana, Mahabharata etc.

Yokochi, Yuko

Iwanami Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, 1998 Invited
Items: Purana, Kalidasa, etc.

Yokochi, Yuko

Shueisha Encyclopaedia of World Literature, 1997 Invited

Major Books and Other Publications

The Skandapurana Volume V, Adhyayas 96-112: The Varaha Cycle and the Andhaka Cycle Continued.

Peter C. Bisscho, Yuko Yokochi, in cooperation with Sanne Dokter-Mersch, Judit Torzsok (Role: Joint author, all)

Brill, Leiden/Boston, Apr, 2021
The Skandapurana Volume IV, Adhyaya 70-95. Start of the Skanda and Andhaka Cycles

Peter Bisschop, Yuko Yokochi, in cooperation with, Diwakar Acharya, Judit Torzsok (Role: Joint author, all)

Brill, Leiden, Sep, 2018
The Skandapurana Volume IIB, Adhyayas 30-52. The Vahana and Naraka Cycles. Critical Edition with an Introduction and Annotated English Synopsis. Supplement to Groningen Oriental Studies.

Hans BAKKER, Peter BISSCHOP, Yuko YOKOCHI, in cooperation with, Nina MURNIG, Judit TORZSOK (Role: Joint author)

Brill, Leiden, May, 2014 (ISBN: 9789004270282)
The Skandapurana Volume III, Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69. The Vindhyavasini Cycle. Critical Edition with an Introduction and Annotated English Synopsis. Supplement to Groningen Oriental Studies.

YOKOCHI Yuko

Egbert Forsten, Groningen and Brill, Leiden, Sep, 2013 (ISBN: 9789004250727)
Two Hindu scripture: Gitagovinda and Devimahatmya (Japanese translation)

Ogura, Yasushi, Yuko Yokochi (Role: Joint translator, Tr. and Postscript of Devimahatmya, and a part of Postscript of Gitagovinda)

Heibonsha (Toyo Bunko), 2000
Living with Shakti: Gender, Sexuality and Religion in South Asia, Senri Ethnological Studies 50

Tanaka, Masakazu, Musashi Tachikawa (Role: Contributor, The Warrior Goddess in the Devimahatmya)

National Museum of Osaka, 1999

Presentations

８〜９世紀のカシュミールにおける理想の王の文学的表象：RajataranginiとKapphinabhyudayaを中心として

横地優子

AA研共同利用・共同研究課題「「インド世界」の形成ーフロンティア地域を視座として」研究会, Mar 28, 2021 Invited
Rasa theory: How are emotions transformed into aesthetic experience?

Yokochi Yuko

Feb 15, 2021 Invited
Textual Parallels on ‘Suffering’ between Sivadharmottara 8 and Some Early Saiva Texts

Yuko Yokochi

The Sivadharma Project, Kick-off Workshop, Oct 1, 2019 Invited
Kapphinabhyudaya in its Historical Background

Yuko Yokochi

The Centre for South Asian Civilizations and the Robert H.N.Ho Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies, Toronto University, Mar 12, 2019 Invited
Mahaganapatir bhavet: Gana-hood as a religious goal in early Shaivism

YOKOCHI Yuko

The 17th World Sanskrit Conference, Jul 11, 2018
Co-existence of Buddhismu and goddess worship in regard to the kingship ritual--a case study of Tapa Sardar--

YOKOCHI Yuko

The 4th Symposium of `Brahmanism and Hinduism', Mar 25, 2018 Invited
The Kapphinabhyudaya and the Sisupalavadha

YOKOCHI Yuko

International Workshop on pre-modern Kashmir 2018, Kyoto Univ., Mar 6, 2018 Invited
The Shaiva cosmography in the Shivadharmottara

YOKOCHI Yuko

33. Deutche Orientalistentag, Jena, Sep 22, 2017
`Composition-in-transmission': Some Remarks on the transmission of Sanskrit texts and manuscripts

YOKOCHI Yuko

Universitat Hambur-Kyoto University Symposium, Jun 7, 2017 Invited
Mahavrata in the Pasupata Yoga

YOKOCHI Yuko

The 2nd Symposium of `Brahmanism and Hinduism', Mar 26, 2017 Invited
Pasupatayoga in the Skandapurana

Bisschop, Peter, Yuko Yokochi

Sanskrit Texts on Yoga: A Manuscript Workshop (Hathayoga Project), Sep 12, 2016 Invited
Definition of Yoga in the Pasupatayogavidhi

YOKOCHI Yuko

Sep 4, 2016
King Harsa and the worshop of the Goddess

YOKOCHI Yuko

61st International Conference of Eastern Studies, the Kansai session, May 28, 2016 Invited
Menstruation as a Purifier of Women: A Historical Approach

YOKOCHI Yuko

The First Seminar of FINDAS, 2016, Apr 23, 2016 Invited
From Allah to Isvara: a preliminary study of Srivara's Kathakautuka

YOKOCHI Yuko, Satoshi OGURA

International Workshop on pre-modern Kashmir 2015, Sep 24, 2015 Invited
Revisiting the Meghaduta

YOKOCHI Yuko

Lecture at the Dept. of Indian Philosophy, Hokkaido Univ., Sep 11, 2015 Invited
The Mothers and Skanda in the Skandapurana

YOKOCHI Yuko

Archaeology of Bhakti III, Aug 3, 2015 Invited
A goddess shrine in the Gopi Cave on the Nagarjuni Hill and in the Gaudavaho

YOKOCHI Yuko

The 16th World Sanskrit Conference, Jun 29, 2015
An ideal rule by an initiated Saiva king described in a Kashmirian courtly poem

YOKOCHI Yuko

Tantric Community in Context: Sacred Secrets and Public Rituals. VISCOM Conference., Feb 6, 2015 Invited
Myth-making in the early mediaeval Hinduism: Rise of Saivism and the goddess worship

Yokochi, Yuko

RINDAS Seminar, Nov 25, 2014 Invited

Professional Memberships

Works

Research Projects

From Universe of Visnu to Universe of Siva

Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research, Jan, 2016 - Dec, 2020

Peter C. Bisschop (PI, Diwakar Acharya, Judit Torzsok, Yuko Yokochi, Sanne Doktor-Mersch
international surveys on the inscription sources in Eurasian countries

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, 2017 - Mar, 2020

Itani Kozo
From Vaisnavism to Shaivism: A shift of religious culture at the inception of the Mediaeval India

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, 2015 - Mar, 2020

Yuko Yokochi
The Sivadharma Project

The European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (No. 803624), The European Research Council (ERC), Sep, 2019

Florinda de Simini
The Shaiva literature for the lay devotee in the early mediaeval India

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, 2011 - Mar, 2015

YOKOCHI Yuko
New method of analyzing and describing the history of Indian literature in layered multilingualism.

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2014

MIZUNO Yoshifumi, FUJII Morio, HAGITA Hiroshi, OHTA Nobuhiro, SAKATA Teiji, USUDA Masayuki, ISHIDA Hideaki, MIYAMOTO Hisayoshi, TAKAHASHI Takanobu, HASHIMOTO Taigen, TAKAHASHI Akira, MATSUMURA Takamitsu, YOKOCHI Yuko, YAMANE Sou, MAMIYA Kensaku, NAGASAKI Hiroko, ISAKA Riho
A Historical Enquiry Conderning the Composition and Spread of the Skandapurana

International Joint Research Projects, Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research, Sep, 2008 - Aug, 2012

Hans T. Bakker (PI), Peter C. Bisschop, Harunaga Isaacson, Yuko Yokochi, Nina Minig, Natasja Bosma, Judit Torzsok
The mechanism of the rise of the Supreme Goddess in the early mediaeval India

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, 2007 - Mar, 2010

YOKOCHI Yuko
The extention of the Parvati image in the early Puranic Shaiva mythology

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, 2004 - Mar, 2007

YOKOCHI Yuko
History of the Worship of the Goddess in the Vindhya mountains

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, 1998 - Mar, 2002

YOKOCHI Yuko
The Skandapurana Project

International Joint Research, 1995
Courtisans and Spring Festivals in the Bhana dramas in South India

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (A), Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 1993 - Mar, 1994
Possession in the Ancient Indian Literature

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (A), Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 1991 - Mar, 1992