Jean-Jacques Origas (1937–2003) was a French academic with expertise in Japanese literature and art. He was a Japanologist, best known more for giving his knowledge to his students rather than for publishing books. [1]
Origas studied Japanese the Sorbonne. He furthered his education at Waseda University in Tokyo; and he taught at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. [2]
Origas was a Professor of Japanese at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations ( Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales or INALCO) in Paris. [2] He became a visiting professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, where he lectured on Haiku in contemporary French poetry (1992). [3] His work on Meiji literature was the subject of a Nichibunken Mokuyo Seminar (1996). [4]
Origas was famed for his expertise in the pedagogy of Japanese language education. He influenced the way Japanese as a foreign language is taught in France. As a teacher, his intention was to impart not only the ability to write grammatically correct Japanese, but also to use the language in a way which is stylistically pleasing. [1]
He was also president of the Centre d'Etudes Japonaises d'Alsace (CEJA). [5] and member of composers of Matsuyama Declaration.
Jean-Jacques Origas (1937–2003) was a French academic with expertise in Japanese literature and art. He was a Japanologist, best known more for giving his knowledge to his students rather than for publishing books. [1]
Origas studied Japanese the Sorbonne. He furthered his education at Waseda University in Tokyo; and he taught at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. [2]
Origas was a Professor of Japanese at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations ( Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales or INALCO) in Paris. [2] He became a visiting professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, where he lectured on Haiku in contemporary French poetry (1992). [3] His work on Meiji literature was the subject of a Nichibunken Mokuyo Seminar (1996). [4]
Origas was famed for his expertise in the pedagogy of Japanese language education. He influenced the way Japanese as a foreign language is taught in France. As a teacher, his intention was to impart not only the ability to write grammatically correct Japanese, but also to use the language in a way which is stylistically pleasing. [1]
He was also president of the Centre d'Etudes Japonaises d'Alsace (CEJA). [5] and member of composers of Matsuyama Declaration.