SAKAMOTO Atsushi

Teaching Staff (Liberal Arts Core)

Title	Assistant Professor
Research Fields	Western art history / History of East-West exchange
Education	2013 Doctoral course, Kobe University, Hyogo 2007-2010 University of Florence, Italy 2007 Master’s, Kobe University 2005 Bachelor (Literature), Kobe University, Hyogo
Selected Professional Experience	2025 – Present Assistant Professor, Akita University of Art 2023 – 2024 Adjunct Lecturer, Kobe University, Hyogo 2022 – 2023 Adjunct Lecturer, Fukushima Medical University 2020-2021 Adjunct Lecturer, Fukushima Medical University 2014 – 2025 Curator, Fukushima Museum 2013-2014 Adjunct Lecturer, Osaka Seikei University 2011 – 2013 JSPS DC Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Selected Bibliography	<Awards / Prizes> 2023 Winner, 34th Ringa Art Encouragement Prize (Joint Recipient with MATSUOKA Marie).Ringa Art Encouragement Trust 2015 Winner, 14th “Bijutsushi” Ronbun Syo [“Art History” Thesis Award]. The JapanArt History Society   <Selected Single-author thesis> 2023 Kirisuto kyo bijutsu ni okeru wain no imi to zokei [The Meaning and Form of Wine in Christian Art], vol. 142, pp. 55-66. Yamato Bunka Aodo Denzen no do hanga kenkyu senkoku tenkoku hyogen ni miru seyo hanga juyo no syoso[Research on Aodo Denzen’s Copperplate Engravings: Various Aspects of Western Print Reception in Line Engraving and Stippling Expressions] , Kajima bijutsu kenkyu vol. 40 Special Issue, pp. 235-245. The Kajima Foundation for the Arts 2021 Georges Rouault saku “Le superhomme” ni tsuite: Rouault to Walter Pach, John Quinn no syokan no bunseki wo chushin ni [On Georges Rouault’s Le superhomme: An Analysis Centered on Correspondence between Rouault, Walter Pach, and John Quinn]. Bulletin of Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, vol. 6, pp. 27-37. Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art 2020 Aodo Denzen no do hanga juyo no syuho to tokusyoku “Zelmannia Kaku-chu no Zu” “Sobyo (Yojin)” wo chushin ni [Methods and Characteristics of Aodo Denzen’s Reception of Copperplate Engravings—Focusing on “Zelmannia Kaku-chu no Zu” and “Sketches (Westerners)” ]. DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion Academic Research Grant Bulletin vol. 3, pp. 66-77. DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion 2019 Aodo Denzen no seyo hanga juyo [Aodo Denzen’s Reception of Western Prints]. Bijutsushi (Journal of the Japan Art History Society), vol. 186, pp. 377-393. The Japan Art History Society 2016 Aodo Denzen no do hanga ni tsuite no ichi kousatsu [A Study on Aodo Denzen’s Copperplate Engravings].Kobe review of art history vol. 16, pp. 35-44. Kobe University Bijutsushi kenkyukai 2015 Siena, Piccolomini toshokan no Zuzoupuroguramu ni kansuru ippanron [A study on the iconographic program of the Piccolomini Library in Siena]. (Translation/peer reviewed) Kobe review of art history vol. 15, pp. 189-198. Kobe University Bijutsushi kenkyukai 2014 Contribution to Studies on the Art Collection of Gran Principe Ferdinando de’ Medici. Kobe Review of Art History vol. 14, pp. 1-7. Kobe University Bijutsushi kenkyukai Jacopo Vignali and S. Maria Novella. Bijutsushi (Journal of the Japan Art History Society), vol. 177, pp. 50-67. The Japan Art History SocietySalviati Collection kenkyu [Research on the Salviati Collection]. Kajima bijutsu kenkyu vol. 31 Special Issue, pp. 320-327. The Kajima Foundation for the Arts 2013 Jacopo Vignali kenkyu [A Study of Jacopo Vignali] (Doctoral Dissertation). Kobe University Jacopo Vignali ni tsuite: sono hihyo wo chushin ni [On Jacopo Vignali: Focusing on His Criticism]. Kobe Review of Art History vol. 13, pp. 102-126. Kobe University Bijutsushi kenkyukai 2011 Nota ed ipotesi sulla committenza della Compagnia di S. Antonio Abate di Notte di Firenze. Kobe Review of Art History vol. 11, pp. 42-58. Kobe University Bijutsushi kenkyukai 2010 Paolo Uccello no “Miracolo dell’ostia profanata” dai yon bamen ni tsuite [On the Fourth Scene of Paolo Uccello’s “Miracolo dell’ostia profanata”] Kobe Review of Art History vol. 10, pp. 143-157. Kobe University Bijutsushi kenkyukai   <Selected co-author / collaborative translation> 2025 Retto no Nihon Bijyutsushi [The Archipelago: A History of Japanese Art] Ryo Yoshida ed., Minerva Shobo 2018 Bijutsuka Retsuden [Lives of the Artists, Georgo Vasari], Vol.5, Chuo Kouron Bijyutsu shuppan Image Seisaku no Ba to Kankyou [Space and Environment for Image Creation,] Modern Art Research Society ed., Chuobijyutsu shuppan 2016 Bijutsuka Retsuden [Lives of the Artists, Georgo Vasari], Vol.4, Chuo Kouron Bijyutsu shuppan  2015     Bijutsuka Retsuden [Lives of the Artists, Georgo Vasari], Vol.3, Chuo Kouron Bijyutsu shuppan
Courses Taught	Art Theory and Art History History of Western Art Aesthetic Introduction to Museology Exhibitions and Displays Museum Collections Collections Care Curation Practicum Basic Seminar

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: SAKAMOTO Atsushi (Japanese page)