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Yurika Wakamatsu is an Associate Professor in the Art & Art History department at Occidental College, where she has been teaching since 2017. Her expertise lies in East Asian art history, with a focus on gender and visual culture, Japanese woodblock prints, and interdisciplinary approaches connecting art history, literature, and gender studies.
- Education: B.A. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Her research explores the intersections of gender and premodernity in nineteenth-century Japanese art. She is currently preparing a book manuscript titled Painting in Between: Gender and Modernity in the Japanese Literati Art of Okuhara Seiko (1837–1913), which examines how Sinitic cultural perceptions and women’s roles shaped literati art during Japan’s modernization. Another project investigates the feminization of art and modern conceptions of Japanese womanhood.
At Occidental, Wakamatsu integrates Los Angeles’s cultural resources into her teaching through museum visits and collaborations with local artists. Her courses, such as Women and Art in East Asia and Gender and Art in Japan, encourage critical analysis of gender representation in art across centuries. She emphasizes connecting historical contexts to contemporary issues, fostering student engagement with visual culture.
Scientific Awards
- 2015 Chino Kaori Memorial Essay Prize
Wakamatsu actively mentors students, particularly in securing Fulbright grants. In one notable instance, three of her four closely mentored applicants received Fulbright grants, with another becoming a finalist. She collaborates with scholars at UCLA, USC, and Scripps, aiming to build future partnerships in research and teaching.
