Hiroshi Mizuno

I am researching Japanese art history, particularly painting from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Through surviving examples of picture scrolls and folding screen paintings, as well as historical materials such as Gozan literature and court customs, I am exploring how these works have been created and passed down. I also look at "enjoyment paintings" depicting Confucius and other sages throughout history, and consider how art is involved in the formation of moral values ​​and what form Confucian thought has taken as a visual expression. Paintings are not simply decorations, but sometimes communicate ideas and have the power to move society. Deciphering how this works is at the heart of my research. (The image in the background is a folding screen from the storehouse.)