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　 I was born in the south part of Kyoto Prefecture on 4th June 1942. 　I have my wife named Miyoko, who teaches Mathematics at Kogakkan High School, and two sons who have left our house. 　I am an elderly teacher at Kogakkan University, and a scholar who has specialized in English literature since 1962 when I entered Kansai University. 　I don't drink and smoke. 　It is not because I was taken dangerously ill at the age of 29, and have refused to drink and smoke to take good care of myself, but because there is a sad fact that my body has refused to do so since my school days.

　It is 24 years since I got a full-time job at Kogakkan University. 　As a lot of senior members retired under the age limit, I am becoming an old-timer. 　At first I was much surprised to see a lot of wooden classrooms and wooden offices which had been the buildings of Kuratayama Junior High School. 　But as they were replaced by the new concrete buildings gradually, I only can imagine the old picture of our university in my mind now: it means that I am getting older and older.


　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　Professor Kayoko Nishiyama who teaches Music got a full-time job in the same year when I got it. 　Besides late professor Isao Nishiyama, a senior member, was very famous in the campus. 　As the surname of Nishiyama consisted of three persons, students distinguished us, calling her "Nishiyama of Music," and him "Merciful Nishiyama," and me "Devilish Nishiyama."　When he and I called each other "Mr. Nishiyama" in a taxi, a taxi driver said to us, "Excuse me.　Who is the devilish Nishiyama?" 　I knew that he often heard students call me so in the taxi. 　But, is it due to the result of the passage of time that the devilish Nishiyama is changing into the merciful Nishiyama?


　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　We always have a lot of students who are very weak in English at Kogakkan University. 　As the students who are allergic to English seem to call me a devilish teacher, I think that we who teach foreign languages cannot but admit such an unfavorable reputation as our fate. 　And I have made a point of not producing a lot of students who are good at English, but building up their attitudes to study at our university since I got a full-time job here, for one cannot expect a good result if one cannot establish one's concrete attitude to study any subject at a university, or to finish any kind of work in one's real life.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　 We changed the place to live in twice in Ise, and it has passed 11 years since I moved to the precinct of Ise Grand Shrine (Geku) which is situated in the south-east of it. 　At first I thought this was a place for peaceful living, for surroundings were very good.　　But I have been much irritated for these several years. 　It is because I am afflicted with a lot of troubles and nuisances which our neighbors and surroundings are giving me. 　As the trees on the next small mountain grow bigger and bigger, their shadows don't make my satsuki bonsai in my garden receive the sunshine till later and later in the morning in winter.　　Therefore I would like to move to another place again. 　But it is a great pity that we don't have a lot of money to build a new house.

(These sentences were written in 1999.)

　　　　　　　　　　　Personal Background

June 4th, 1942　　　　　Born in 49-1 Simode, Shirasu, Wazuka (-cho), Soraku (-gun), Kyoto (Pre.), and grew up in the same place.
1949-1955 　　　　　　　Nishiwazuka Primary School.
1955-1958 　　　　　　　Wazuka Junior High School.
1958-1961　　　　　　　 Kizu High School.
1961-1965　　　　　　　 Hakama Special Steel Company Ltd.
1962-1965　　　　　　　 Kansai University. 　Specialized in English Literature (night school).
1965-1967　　　　　　　 Kansai University. 　Specialized in English Literature.( day school).
1967-1969　　　　　　　 Postgraduate School (Master Course) of Kansai University.　Specialized in English Literature.
1969-1972　　　　　　　 Postgraduate School (Doctor Course) of Kansai University.　 Specialized in English Literature.　
1969-1971 　　　　　　　Osaka Institute of Technology (part-time job).
1970-1971　　　　　　　 Ryukoku University (part-time job).
1972-1976　　　　　　　 Kansai University (part-time job).
1972-1973　　　　　　　 Otani Women University(part-time job).
1973-1974　　　　　　　 Assistant professor of Shukugawa Gakuin Junior College.
1974-1976 　　　　　　　Otani Women University (part-time job).　
1976-1981　　　　　　　 Lecturer of Kogakkan University.
1981-1991　　　　　　　 Assistant professor of Kogakkan University.
1990-1992　　　　　　　 Kansai University (part-time job).
1991-2007　　　　　　　Professor of Kogakkan University.
1993-1994 　　　　　　　Suzuka University of Medical Science and Technology (part-time job).
March, 2007　　　　　　　Retirement of Kogakkan University.
April, 2007　　　　　　　 Professor emeritus of Kogakkan University.
March, 2008　　　　　　　Doctor of Literature (Letters).