INOUE Masaru

Teaching Staff (Liberal Arts Core)

Title	Professor
Research Fields	Eastern art history
Education	2001 Doctoral course (Art History – completed without degree), Waseda University 1994-1996 Study abroad (Archeology), Peking University, China 1993 M.A. (Art History), Waseda University 1990 Bachelor’s (Letters, Arts and Sciences I [History]), Waseda University
Selected Professional Experience	2013-Present Associate Professor (2013-2020); Professor (2020-Present), Akita University of Art 2004-2013 Lecturer (2004-2007); Associate Professor (2007-2013), Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts
Selected Bibliography	2017 Kijiru sekkutsu voruto tenjo hekiga ni okeru tenku no hyogen [Expressions of the celestial in the ceiling paintings of the Kizil Caves]. Ajia Bukkyo bijutsu ronshu / Chuo Ajia I [Buddhist art of Asia: Central Asia (I)]. Chuokouronbijyutsu 2016 Kijiru sekkutsu hekiga no kishinsha-zo to chou Ajia no fukushoku ni tsuite [On donor figures in the Kizil Cave Murals and the fashion of Central Asia]. Bulletin of the Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum, 2 2014 Gime Bijutsukan-zou / Kijiru sekkutsu hekiga dampen no gen’ichi to sono zuzo-teki igi [The original placement of the Kizil Cave Mural fragments in the Guimet Museum, and its iconic significance]. Akita University of Art Faculty Research Bulletin 2013, pp.1-10. Akita University of Art 2013 Kijiru sekkutsu Butsudenzu hekiga ‘Badorika no tsugii’ no zuzo-teki mondai [The Kizil Cave Murals and the iconic problem of ‘Badrika’s accession’]. Ohashi Katsuaki hakushi koki kinen bijutsushi ronshu [Essays on Art History in Honor of Katsuaki Ohashi’s 70th Birthday]. Chuokoronbijutsu 2010 Shosoin no kasen to Tenpyo no kyutei kukan [The carpets of the Shosoin and imperial court spaces in the Tempyo era]. Faculty Research Bulletin 14. Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts 2007 Hiten ni tomonau ryuun no zuzo-teki haikei [Iconic background of flowing clouds accompanying ‘hiten’]. The Journal of Japanese Religious and Cultural History, 22
Courses Taught	Art and Architecture of the Tohoku Region Art Theory and Art History History of Eastern Art History of Japanese Sculpture Iconography of the Silk Road 1, 2 Art Tour Museum Collections Curation Practicum Environment and Ecology

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: INOUE Masaru (Japanese page)