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Doctor of Literature

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Art Studies, Art History

Her research field is modern art and the historical avant-garde, with particular emphasis on surrealist art in the 20th century. In 2014, she published a book that focused on the works of Max Ernst and his Collage. In 2019, The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism was published from Bloomsbury, to which she contributed articles on surrealism in Japan. Currently, she is engaged in a comparative study of the reception and development of surrealism both in the U.K. and Japan in the interwar period by investigating their international exhibitions and curatorial practice.

Research Interests

• Functions of Exhibition in Surrealist Art
  keyword : Surrealism, Exhibition
  2022.04～2025.03.
• Theories of Taste and Avant-Garde Art in the UK Between the Two World Wars
  keyword : Art History, United Kingdom, Taste, Avant-Garde Art, Two World Wars
  2017.04～2022.03.
• A comparative study on creative modifications through the internationalization of Surrealism.
  keyword : Surrealism in Japan, Surrealism in Britain, Herbert Read, Shuzo Takiguchi
  2014.04～2017.03.
• Max Ernst's Collages
  keyword : Max Ernst, Collages, Vox Angelica, Grid, Mythology
  2010.04～2013.03.
• Surrealist exhibitions between the interwar period.
  keyword : Surrealism, Exhibitions, Collage
  2011.04～2014.03.

Academic Activities
Membership in Academic Society

• The Japan Art History Society
• The Japanese Society for Aesthetics
• Kyushu Art Society
• Société franco-japonaise d'art et d'archéologie
• Hiroshima Society for Science of Arts
• International Society for the Study of Surrealism (ISSS)

Educational Activities