Contributor, Northeast Asian Studies
Christoph Reichenbaecher earned his BA and MA in Japanese Studies in Berlin before pursuing a PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His dissertation examined the transformation of regional sumo into a commercial, itinerant profession during the late Edo period (1600–1868).
He is currently based in Nagoya, where his research focuses on the lives of early modern entertainers, the cultures they created, and the print culture that documented and shaped their public presence. More broadly, his work explores the cultural history of early modern Japan as well as anthropological questions concerning modern Japan, with particular attention to the intersections of entertainment, religion, and commerce.