Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Department of Art Studies, Doctoral Program in Art Studies, Department of Art Studies in the field of art history in the same Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciencesmaster's thesisI would like to introduce the topic.

master's thesis

2024
The Subject and Motifs of Kimura Buzan’s Abōgōka (Epang Palace Being Devoured by Flames)
The background and development of JE Millais's Fancy Pictures
A Study on Matsuno Sofu and Tsukioka Gyokudō: Noh Painting after Tsukioka Kogyo and its Genealogy
Study of Max Ernst - Focusing on "33 Girls Hunting Butterflies" -

2023
A Study of Toyoshiro Fukuda: His Interest in Snow Country and His Expressions of Akita in Relation to Photo Reportage
Research on Romaine Brooks: Modernity and lesbianism in art from 1900 to 1920s
Kano Sansetsu's "Eight Views of Xiaoxiang" and "Flowers and Flowing Water" Screens: Themes and Sources
Melancholy represented in 17th century Dutch paintings: focusing on Vermeer's "Sleeping Woman"

2022
Regarding the decorative intention of the Portraits of the Comforters by Velázquez in Room 2 on the second floor of Torre de la Parada
A reconsideration of Hannah Höch's ``Cutting apart the current Weimar beer belly culture era of Germany with Dada's knife''
A study on the decorative pattern of golden clouds on folding screens

2021
Eisen reconsiders Hiroshige's ``The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaido'' - Concerning printing techniques and expressive intentions -
Background of the production of Edo Famous Places by Aodo Denzen
Michael Heiser's artistic philosophy: primordial as a critique of civilization in earthwork

2020
A study of the portrait sculptures of Emperor Augustus: their likeness and social function

2019
Background of the creation of the Zuisenji Temple “Musou Soseki Seated Statue”
Research on Hercules Sehers: Colored copperplate engravings in the context of the history of painting.

2018
Reconsidering Munakata Shiko: The relationship between overseas evaluation and Zen
Production background of Kariba Myojin Statue and Nyu Myojin Statue owned by Kongobuji Temple

2017
Modernism and locality in Hiroshi Hamaya: From Tokyo in the 1930s and Manchuria in 1940 to Snow Country
Statue of Theseus dedicated on the Acropolis, Athens - On the difference between dedication by a community and dedication by an individual
“Onna Imagawa” and Hishikawa School’s choice of subject matter
Research on statues of King Enma and his followers at Hoshakuji Temple in Kyoto
About the bugaku illustrations in Koga Ruiju - Powder book passed down in the late Edo period -

2016
Research on Okada Yonesanjin's ``Return and Return''

2015
Crafts in cultural promotion and the promotion of exported crafts - Focusing on exhibits at the World's Fair in the 1930s -
Reconsidering Vermeer's ``The Procuress'' - Insertion of self-portrait and its meaning
A study of form and symbolism in Leo Belgicus
About Jakuchu's realistic expressions: Focusing on "Animals and Vegetables"
Landscape expression in Ukiyo-e of the late Edo period - Focusing on Hiroshige II -

2014
Yuki Katsura Research: Avant-garde and humor in the early Showa period
Children's paintings and modernism in children's paintings
Research on exhibition exhibitions in Japan in the 1950s - Focusing on the Brussels World's Fair (1958) -

2013
Traditions and styles of 19th-century French decorative arts: Focusing on the exhibition hall of the Central Union of Decorative Arts at the Universal Exposition in Paris (1900)
Friendship between the Western Painting Institute and artists in Japan from the 1910s to the 1920s
Kouros of Samos: Enormous votive statues in Archaic Greece

2012
"The Tomb of Harpyiae" - Views of life and death in Lycian funerary art of the 5th century BC -
Abstract art of the 1950s - Focused on Saburo Hasegawa and the magazine "Sumibi" -
Commercial art activities in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era - Focusing on the 1932 Commercial Art Exhibition -
Bride and Nude in Attic Ceramic Paintings: Viewers and Demand for Hellenic Iconography

2011
The Beauty of Black and White : The Relation between “Bokubi” and Abstract Painting
About Kiyokata Kaburagi's painting production surrounding literature - Focusing on "tabletop art" -
Regression and loss of motifs: Focusing on the representation of female nudes in Rembrandt's history paintings

2010
Art criticism of the 1950s and its influence ─Focusing on ``Informel'' and ``World and Today's Art Exhibition''─
Research on the Sarcophagus of Alexander ─Considerations on iconographic interpretation─

2009
Graphic designers as “industrial artists” during the Sino-Japanese War: Changes in the consciousness of “commercial artists” and their involvement in national policy propaganda

2008
About the unique expressions found in Jakuchu's paintings - Focusing on "Animals and Vegetables" -
A study on the aesthetic evaluation of archaeological remains in modern Japan - Focusing on Taro Okamoto's "Jomon pottery theory" -
Research on the “Amphora of Eleusis”: Consideration of the funerary system of Attica in the 7th century BC

2007
Research on the Kitabi Cultural Association: Regional development of postwar Japanese art
A study on Ono Michijo’s “Reisho Onnazu”
Reconsideration of Mausoleion of Halicarnassus' Amazon Freeze

2006
About the expression method of netsuke in Japanese art
"Stage" and "Action" - A study on concrete
Establishment and development of hawk drawings in Japan
Foreign cultural promotion at World's Fairs during wartime: Regarding Japanese exhibits and exhibits at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

2005
A study on the expression of double cherry blossoms that appeared in the early Kakiemon style
``Manchoho'''s ``Hancho Punch'' - Trends in regular contributors and themes from XNUMX (Meiji XNUMX) to XNUMX (Taisho XNUMX) -
About the pattern composition of Jingdezhen kiln Qinghua porcelain from the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty
About Kisaburo Matsumoto's “Saikoku Thirty-three Kannon Spiritual Experiences”

2004
Consideration of the relationship between the distribution of artists' residences and the local environment
Modernism in "architectural photography" - Influence of Takaho Itagaki and Masao Horino in the 1920s and 30s
The establishment and development of modern Taka-urushi, focusing on Taka-urushi artist Tomoya Akachi

2002
Research on “XNUMX AD Celebration Music Concert”
Research on the reputation of James McNeil Whistler in America from the 1880s to the 1900s
Ikko Tanaka and his Later Image of Japan
The Utagawa School and Educational Nishiki-e of the Meiji Period - Focusing on the Nishiki-e published by the Ministry of Education

2001
Thoughts on Room XNUMX (Beauty Painting Room) of the XNUMXth Bunten
The establishment and development of the theme of the Virgin and Child and St. John in Italian Renaissance paintings - Focusing on Raphael -
War expressions and classical paintings in Showa period Japanese paintings
The establishment and development of Yakusha Okubi-e -Focusing on the Katsukawa and Utagawa schools-
A study of “illustration culture” in modern Japan: the cultural foundations and social aspects of modern illustrations

2000
Research on ``Structure Company'' - From its formation to its disintegration due to Teiten's reorganization
Research on Kazimir Malevich. Intention towards architecture and resumption of painting production at the end of the 1920s
Costume expression in late antiquity art - Focusing on the Iliad Ambrosiana
About Bugaku Pictures - Focusing on "Bugaku Pictures Byobu" written by Sotatsu Tawaraya -

1998
Commercial art in the 1930s: From the Complete Works of Modern Commercial Art and the activities of the Practical Print Art Association

1999
About the Ise Monogatari picture scroll “Kawachigoe” owned by Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art

1997
About the 1910 Japan-British Exhibition
Thoughts on the establishment of warrior paintings - Focusing on Tomoe Gozen-zu -

1996
Establishment and development of mandala with Fudo Myoo as the central deity

1995
Study of George Gross: Thoughts on the 1920 “Metaphysical Painting Series”
About Shunso Hishida's depiction of nature - Focusing on <falling leaves> -

1994
About the formative period of Mark Rothko's artistic philosophy - A study on Abstract Expressionism -
Thoughts on Goya's tapestry carton

1993
Genealogy of the recumbent statue seen in Ariadne - Focusing on the Vatican's "Sleeping Ariadne" -
About Vermeer's "Art of Painting"
Japanese surrealism

1990
The image of women in Western painting at the end of the XNUMXth century: Thoughts on Salome

1991
Kobo Daishi Biography Picture Scroll: Hakutsuru Museum Book Research

1989
About “Madonna del Parto” by Piero della Francesca

1988
Research and comparison of the works of Emile Bernard and Paul Gauguin related to Brittany folklore and art
Dunhuang Mogao Caves Amitabha Triad and Fifty Bodhisattvas Illustrations
On the influence of Botticelli on the Pre-Raphaelites
Karnak, South Facade of the West Wing of the Seventh Pyramid of the Great Temple of Amun, “Thutmose III Strikes the Enemy” - Basic Research on Theme and Style

1987
Representation of the female nude in XNUMXth and XNUMXth century Dutch paintings
Study of Władysław Stuszeminski - Standard-bearer of Polish Constructivism

1985
A study on Josef Albers' theory of art

1984
Reexamination of Toshodai-ji Temple’s founding and construction progress
Technological theory as a basic consideration of contemporary art theory and design theory
A study on Ruskin's theory of art

1983
Research on “Ohiinakata”
Le linteau d'Angoulême et la légende de Roland

1982
A study on the genealogy of carved capitals in Hellenistic art
Itten's plastic education in the early Bauhaus