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Satomi Yamamoto is a Professor at Waseda University's Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She holds a PhD in Literature from Waseda University and has served in significant leadership positions including Director of Waseda University's Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences (2022-2024) and Deputy Dean for International Affairs (2022-2024). Previously, she was Dean of Kyoritsu Women's University's Faculty of Arts and Letters (2018-2019) and has held faculty positions at Kinjo Gakuin University, Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture, and Waseda University.
Professor Yamamoto's research focuses on medieval Japanese Buddhist art, with particular expertise in the Nine Stages of Decaying Corpse, Illustrated Scrolls of Illnesses, Six Realms Paintings, and other forms of narrative painting. Her work bridges art history, religious studies, and literary analysis to explore how medieval Japanese artists visualized Buddhist concepts of disease, death, and the afterlife. She examines how these visual representations interacted with textual traditions and ritual practices, revealing complex cultural understandings of the human body, suffering, and spiritual transformation.
Her recent publications demonstrate a progression from detailed iconographic studies of specific works like the Six Realms Paintings to broader investigations of cultural exchange, the history of collecting, and the transmission of Buddhist art across East Asia. Yamamoto's scholarship increasingly engages with interdisciplinary approaches, connecting art historical analysis with medical humanities, disability studies, and environmental history.
- Kadokawa Foundation Academic Award (2016.12)
- Ueno Satsuki Memorial Japanese Culture Research Encouragement Award (2016.03)
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's New Artist Award (2016.03)
Professor Yamamoto has secured multiple competitive research grants including major projects on the cultural history of ruins in medieval Japan and interdisciplinary studies of East Asian humanities knowledge. She serves on numerous academic committees including the Standing Committee of the Art History Society, the Management Committee of Fuchu Art Museum, and the Nagano Prefectural Council for the Preservation of Cultural Properties. Her international collaborations include work with Harvard University, Columbia University, and various Japanese national research institutions.
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