Date of Birth: 9th Nov. 1964
Associate Professor at: Department of Aesthetics and Art History, Kanazawa College of Art.
Field of Research: History of Japanese Decorative Art
School Education:
Bachelor of Arts (Art History), from Kwansei Gakuin University, 1987.
Master of Arts (Art history), from Kwansei Gakuin University, 1989.
Subject of Study Japanese Export Lacquers in the Momoyama Period.
Employment:
April 1988-March 1997 Assistant Curator
Fine Arts Department,
Osaka City Museum.
April 1997-March 2003 Cultural Properties Senior Specialist
Fine Arts Division, Cultural Properties Department,
Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan (Bunka-cho).
Since April 2003 Present post
Professional Affiliations:
The Japan Art History Society.
The Academy of Lacquer Reseach.
Society for the Study of Japonisme.
Main Publications:
・「工芸家たちの明治維新」('Kougeika-tachi no meijiishin')
'Concerning Craftsman in the Meiji Period'
[Catalogue of the Exhibition "Kougeika-tachi no Meijiishin", Osaka City Museum, 1992.]
・'Yabu Meizan (1853-1934)'
["The Khalili Collection-Tresures of Imperial Japan-, Ceramics PartⅡ",
Published by The Kibo Foundation, London / Kyoto, 1995.]
・『海を渡った日本漆器-16・17世紀-』("Umi wo watatta nihon shikki-16・17seiki-")
"Japanese Export Lacquers in the 16th and 17th century"
Published by Shibundo, Tokyo, 2001.]