Ph.D. Japanese, 2006, Stanford University
M.A. Japanese, 1997, Gakushūin University
Office: LS G668
Phone: 777-3880
Email: rstrippo@binghamton.edu
Medieval Japanese literature and theater
The Tale of the Heike
Otogizōshi
Women in premodern Japan
Cultures of Premodern Japan
Fictions of the Samurai
Women in Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture
The World of The Tale of Genji
Popular Culture in Contemporary Japan
Classical Japanese Literature and Culture
Medieval and Early Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
"Zeami, a Wandering Ghost, and the Lotus Sutra: The Story of Giō and Hotoke from Heike Monogatari to Nō" Like Clouds or Mists: Studies and Translations of Nō Plays of the Genpei War, edited by E. Oyler and M. Watson. University of Hawaii Press (Cornell University East Asia Program), 2013, pp. 23-39.
"Mubansō no uta, hyōnashi no mai: kinsei no makimono to ehon ni hyōgen sareta shirabyōshi"(Song without Music, Dance without Rhythm: Illustrating shirabyōshi in Early Modern Scrolls and Albums) in Amerika ni watatta monogatari-e: emaki byōbu ehon (Illustrated Tales in America: Scrolls, Screens, Albums). Tokyo: Perikansha, 2013, pp. 217-232.
La monaca tuttofare, la donna serpente, il demone beone. Racconti dal medioevo giapponese. (The Errand Nun, the Snake Woman, and the Drunken Demon: Tales from Medieval Japan) Venezia, Italy: Marsilio Editori, 2001. Awarded the "Valle dei Trulli" prize for literary translation in 2002.
