Title	Professor Director, Akita University of Art Library

Research Fields	History of design / Aesthetics

Education	2006 Ph.D., University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 1986 M.A. (Art), University of Tsukuba 1983 Bachelor’s (Art and Design), University of Tsukuba

Selected Professional Experience	2013-Present Professor, Akita University of Art 1995-2013 Associate Professor (1995-2007); Professor (2007-2013), Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts

Recent Activities	<Bibliography> 2021 Hirayama Eizo and the Turin International Exhibition 1911. Journal of the Japan Society of Design (78), pp. 5-19. The Japan Society of Design 2018 Japanese concepts of modern design in the 1950s: With special reference to Isamu Kenmochi and Masaru Katsumie. Proceedings of Back to the Future. The Future in the Past: ICDHS 10th+1 Barcelona 2018, pp. 81-84. GRACMON 2017 A study on the visual pyramid and its cross-section of L.B. Alberti’s On Painting (2): With special reference to ‘the veil as the intersection’ and ‘the true cuspid of the visual pyramid.’ Akita University of Art Faculty Research Bulletin Vol. 5, pp. 3-13 2016 Win no Osutoria oyo bijutsu hakubutsukan [The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna]. Seiyo kindai no toshi to geijutsu 4: Win sogo geijutsu ni yadoru yume [Modern Western cities and art 4: The Vienna Secession and the dream of ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’], pp. 180-204. Chikurinsha Japanese concept of Kogei in the period between the first world war and the second world war. Proceedings of Making Trans/National Contemporary Design History: ICDHS 10 Taipei 2016, pp. 105-109. Blucher 2015 Pioneers of Japanese design education from Bijutsu to Kogyo Zuan in the Meiji era. The Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory 1, pp. 19-28. Osaka University Graduate School of Letters 2014 A study on the visual pyramid and its cross-section of L. B. Alberti’s On Painting (1). Akita University of Art Faculty Research Bulletin Vol. 2, pp. 1-10 2012 Japanese industrial design concepts in the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century: with special reference to the Japanese industrial design educators Hirayama Eizo (1855 – 1914) and Matsuoka Hisashi (1862 – 1944). Proceedings of Design Frontiers: Territories, Concepts, Technologies: ICDHS 8 Sao Paulo 2012, pp. 19-22. Blucher 　 <Projects selected for ‘Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kaken-hi)’> 2018-2021 From applied art to modern design: The development and multiplicity of design concepts in postwar Japan (Type C) 2014-2016 A study on Japanese idea of promoting modern design and craft in the Taisho era: Special reference to Japanese participation in Turin International Exhibition in 1911 (Type C) 2010-2012 A study on the Japanese industrial design concepts and the idea of applying art to industry in the transition from the Meiji to the Taisho era (Type C) 1996-1997 Kompyuta shien ni yoru ippan kyoiku no kiso-teki kenkyu maruchimedia nettowaku kankyo ni taio shita sohoko-teki gakushu kyozai no kaihatsu ni mukete [Basic research on computer-assisted general education: Toward the development of interactive learning materials for multimedia network environments] (Grant-in-aid for exploratory research)

Courses Taught	Academic Literacy 1 Art Theory and History History of Western Art History of Design History of Design (Special Lecture) History of Modern Design (Special Lecture) History of Modern Ornamental Design Transdisciplinary Arts Seminar

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: AMAGAI Yoshinori (Japanese page)