Professor
HAYAKAWA Monta
Current Research
Video Version
Nichibunken Japanese Studies Series - "Nichibunken Collection Collected Erotic Texts of the Early Modern Period" (PDF)
Professional Experience:
- 2001 - present
- Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1987 - 2001
- Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1978 - 1987
- Curator, The Museum Yamato Bunkakan
Degree:
- 1980
- M. Lit., Osaka University
Specialized Fields:
Art history and cultural history
Current Research Themes:
Yosa Buson,
ukiyo-e shunga (erotic
ukiyo-e)
Keywords for Research:
Yosa Buson, ga-zoku (elegance and vulgarity), ukiyo-e, shunga, sexuality in the Edo period, “Mitate”
Major publications:
Books
- 2010
- Nichibunken shozo Kinsei enpon shiryo shusei V (Source book of Erotic books in the Edo period owned by Nichibunken V) (co-author). International Research Center for Jaoanese Studies.
- 2008
- Shunga no Mikata: 10 no Point (How to View Shunga) Heibon-sha
- 2002
- “Kielletyt Kuvat; Vanhaa Eroottista Taidetta Japanista (Forbidden Images: Erotic art from Japan’s Edo period)”., Helsinki City Art Museum
- 2001
- The Shunga of Suzuki Harunobu: Mitate-e and Sexuality in Edo. International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
- 1994
- Yashokuroutai-zu (A Snow Scene at Night), Heibonsha Ltd.
Articles
- 2005
- "Ukiyo-e Shunga no tokushoku"(Characteristics of Ukiyo-e Shunga), Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to Kansho "Edo bunka to Subculture"(Japanese literature: Edo culture and Subculture), Shibundo, pp.229-236
- 2003
- "Ukiyo-e shunga no warai"(Humor of Ukiyo-e Shunga), Warai no sozoroku: waraseru hito to warau mono no hakubutushi (Imagination of the laugh: Natural history of amusing humans and comical things), Fukushima Museum, pp.52-55
- "Mitate-e no aimaisa ga imisuru tokoro: Suzuki Harunobu hitsu 'Mitate-e Kanzan Jittoku zu' o megutte"( Meaning of ambiguity in Mitate-e: About the Mitate Haushan and Shide by Suzuki Harunobu ), Aimai no ti(The wisdom of ambiguity), Iwanamishoten, pp.185-197
Service and Activities
- Part-time instructor, Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University
- Professor, Research Course, Culture and Science Department, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- Part-time instructor, Art Department, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music
- Part-time instructor, Faculty of Arts and Crafts, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts
GRANT-IN-AID for Scientific Research
- 1995
- Subsidy for publishing Catalogue of Japanese Art in the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts
- 1994
- Subsidies for publishing Catalogue of Japanese Art in the Naprstek Museum and Catalogue of Japanese Art in the National Gallery, Prague
- 1993
- Subsidies for publishing Catalogue of Japanese Art in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and Catalogue of Japanese Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Academic Society Membership
- Bijutsu-shi Gakkai (Art History Society)
- Kokusai Ukiyo-e Gakkai(International Ukiyo-e Society)
