NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS:
| 2018-19 | ACLS Fellowship |
| 2019 | Toshiba International Foundation grant for Sakuramotobō documents research |
| 2011-12 | Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship |
| 2002 | Suntory Foundation Grant to defray publication expenses for State of War |
| 2001-2 | NEH Fellowship for College Teachers |
| 2001-2 | Fulbright Senior Scholar Award |
| 2001-2 | Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship (declined) |
| 1994-97 | Japanese Ministry of Education Fellowship |
| 1989 | Phi Beta Kappa |
INTRAMURAL AWARDS:
| 2022 | Collaborative Teaching Grant with Megan Gilbert for "The Law in Action" |
| 2021 | Collaborative Teaching Grant with Soojung Han for “Medieval Asian Worlds” |
| 2017- | David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Project in the Humanities Council grant “The Story of Slag: Creating a Chronology of Copper Smelting for Japan 700-2000” |
| 2017-18 | Old Dominion Faculty Fellow |
| 2016 | UCHR&SS grant “Visualizing the Ōnin War (1467-77): Ten Years in Ten Minutes.” |
| 2015-16 | Old Dominion Faculty Fellow |
| 2010 | Bowdoin College Faculty Development Grant to defray publication expenses for From Sovereign to Symbol |
| 2009 | Karofsky Faculty Encore Lecture, nominated by the 2010 Bowdoin Senior Class |
| 2007-8 | Bowdoin Faculty Leave Fellowship |
| 2000 | Fletcher Family Research Grant to defray publication expenses for State of War |
| 1999-2005 | Freeman Fellowships |
| 1997-98 | Dissertation Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center |
| 1997-98 | FLAS Fellowship |
| 1991-94 | Full Tuition Fellowship, Stanford University |
LANGUAGES
- Japanese (fluent)
- Proficiency in Classical Japanese and Classical Chinese (kanbun)
- Paleography (ability to decipher handwritten Japanese documents and texts)