Professor Emeritus of the University of Tsukuba ,PhD.
1951 Born in Yamaguchi City, Japan
Education: 1970－1977 Keio University, Bachelor and Master of Literature ( History of Art)
Career: Curator 1977－1996, Hokkaido Modern Art Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Art
Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Organized the Aspects of British Art Today Exhibition, 1982, Trends of Japanese Art in the 1960s Exhibition, 1983, Henry Moore Exhibition, 1984, Jonathan Borofsky Exhibition, 1987, and Anthony Caro Exhibition, 1995.
Career: Professor 1996 －2017, the University of Tsukuba, Theory and History of Art,
Museology and Art Environment Support.