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Professor Keiko Sakagami is a distinguished art historian specializing in modern art, impressionism, and urban studies at Waseda University's School of Culture, Media and Society. She has held her current professorship since 2009 and also serves as a Visiting Professor at Hanyang University's College of Humanities in South Korea since 2011. Her scholarly work bridges Japanese and Western art traditions with particular focus on cross-cultural exchanges.
Dr. Sakagami's research interests center on Art History, Modern Art, and Aesthetics, with specific expertise in Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, and urban representation in art. Her work explores how cityscapes, particularly Paris and New York, have been depicted across different historical periods and how these representations reflect broader social and cultural transformations. She has made significant contributions to the study of women artists, especially Berthe Morisot, and Japanese artists working abroad.
Her recent publications reveal a consistent focus on urban landscapes in art history, with particular attention to how Paris influenced artistic movements globally. She has examined the reception of Impressionism in Japan and America, the representation of city spaces across different cultures, and the work of Japanese artists in New York during the postwar period. Her scholarship demonstrates expertise in both Western art traditions and Japanese-Western artistic exchanges.
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (Criticism category) for "Painters of Dreams and Light...Rethinking Modernity" (2001)
Professor Sakagami has led multiple significant research projects including "From Paris to New York Representations: The Reception and Development of Neo-Impressionism in America" (2020-2023) and "Representation of the City- focusing on Neo-Impressionism until the early 20th century" (2016-2019). She has organized international symposiums and workshops, collaborating with researchers from institutions including the City University of New York, Free University of Brussels, and Hanyang University. Her work on "Japonisme in the Art of Berthe Morisot" demonstrates her commitment to exploring cross-cultural artistic influences.
