Faculty of Letters
Faculty introduction
Let your imagination soar
Hajime Hasegawa, Dean,
Faculty of Letters
Imagination. The ability to imagine is the very foundation upon which your learning in the Faculty of Letters rests. Imagination means being able to create a mental image of something that is not before your eyes at that moment, and also being able to create a mental image of something that no one has ever seen. Ever since ancient times, people have always manipulated words to tell stories, performed dramas, danced, drawn, and created fabrications. Sometimes they have written down things they have seen, and sometimes they have thought up things they have never seen or heard. Nowadays however, as people’s lives become more and more convenient, their power of imagination is ebbing away. One could say that there has never been a time when the imagination was treated as poorly as it is now. Yet neither culture nor society are viable without imagination. Imagination is essential if we are to live authentically. And so I say to you, there has never been a time when learning in the Faculty of Letters has been more meaningful than it is today. Join us in learning together so that you can give wings to your imagination and let it soar.