Research theme for competitive and other funds (12)：
2021 - 2024 The Reconstruction Process of Risshakuji Temple and the Origin of Popular Beliefs: An Examination of the Builders of Stone Cultural Properties
2019 - 2023 Religious-folkloric Reconstruction of Study on Ascetics in Mt.Haguro
2017 - 2022 Empirical study of common people's beliefs in Tohoku district
2014 - 2018 Constructing a Database of Japanese Pottery with Ink Inscriptions
2014 - 2017 The establishment and development of sacred places in Tohoku district: Cultural stone artifacts from the Yamadera Risshaku-ji temple
2011 - 2015 A study of the use of land of one village in the Heian era
2011 - 2015 A Study for the State of Ancient North World Across the Tsugaru Channel: Seen from the Northern Area of the Rule by the Nation under the Ritsuryo Codes
2011 - 2015 Constructing a Database of Japanese Pottery with Ink Inscriptions as a Contribution to Ancient East Asian History
2010 - 2015 Elucidation of the common people faith of the RISSHAKUJI and reconstruction of the scene
2007 - 2009 The fundamental study for social system and changes in population during the Edo period indicated by gravestones and old documents for demography
ARAKI, Shinobu. Analysis of the Sacred Site of Matsushima from the Perspective of Its Stone-built Cultural Assets: A Comparative Investigation with Risshaku-ji Temple. Journal of History, Geography and Cultural Anthropology, YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY. 2023. 24. 16-32
Early ink calligraphy pottery in the Asuka Fujiwara area. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 2021. 759. 14-17
