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Aiko Okamoto–MacPhail

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Japanese History and CultureChinese history and philosophyReformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistorical Influence and DiplomacyHistorical and Linguistic Studies

Publications

16

Citations

9

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

30

Publishing since 1997

Research summary
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This researcher studies the cultural and linguistic history of encounters between Japan and Europe, with a particular focus on Jesuit missionaries who came to Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the languages, rhetoric, and texts they produced. The work spans the history of grammar and translation, Neo-Latin naming practices, and connections between early modern Christianity and Japanese culture, and also extends to French philosophy and literature.

Jesuit missions in JapanHistory of rhetoric and grammarJapan–Europe cultural exchangeEarly modern Christianity and translationFrench philosophy and literature

Publication activity has been low but steady over the past decade, averaging under one publication per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication19202021: 2 publications2212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication24252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The International Symposia on Jesuit Studies×2
  • University of Hawaii Press eBooks×1
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)×1
  • Litteraria Copernicana×1
  • Contemporary French and Francophone Studies×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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