| 1995 |
Ph.D, Art History, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1989 |
M.A. Art History, Univerity of Washington |
1992-93,
1986-89 |
Research Fellow, Kyoto University, Dpeartment of Aesthetics and Art History |
| 1994- |
Associate Professor , University of Kansas |
| 2000-2004 |
Assistant Professor , University of Kansas |
1995-2000
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Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon |
“Distance Far and Near in the History of Japanese Temple and Shrine Precinct Prints.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 68/2, forthcoming.
“Travels of the Daihoonji Six Kannon Sculptures.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 36, forthcoming.
“Between Six and Thirty-three: Manifestations of Kannon in Japan” (“Zwischen sechs und dreiunddreissig: Erscheinungsformen von Kannon Bosatsu”) in Kannon, Divine Compassion: Early Buddhist Art from Japan (Kannon Göttliches Mitgefuhl Frühe buddhistische Kunst aus Japan). Zürich: Rietberg Museum at the University of Zürich, 2007.
Rearranging Art and History at the Japanese Buddhist Temple of Muroji. University of Hawai'i Press, 2005.

“The Splitting Image of Baozhi at Saioji and His Cult in Japan.” Oriental Art, vol. XLVI, no. 4 (2000): 2-10.
“Shifting Identities in Buddhist Sculpture: Who’s Who in the Muroji
Kondo.” Archives of Asian Art, vol. LII (2000-2001): 83-104.
“Setting Foot on the Mountain: Mt. Muro as a Women’s Alternative to Mt. Koya.” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, vol. 3, no. 4 (1998): 52-73.
“Nyonin Koya to shite no Muroji no mondai.” Nihon shukyo bunkashi kenkyu, 2/1-2 (Nov. 1997): 43-58.
“In Search of the Dragon: Mt. Muro’s Sacred Topography.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 24/1-2 (1997): 146-161. |
| 2009 |
Hall Center for the Humanities Fellowship |
| 2006-2007 |
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowship, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of London |
| 2005-2006 |
Asian Cultural Council
Asian Art and Religion Fellowship |
| 2005 |
Metropolitan Center
for Far Eastern Art Studies |
| 2004 |
Association of Asian Studies,
Japan Studies Research Travel within the U.S.A. |
| 2003 |
Hall Center for the Humanities
Vice-Chancellor's Book Subvention Award |
| 2001 |
Japan Foundation Fellowship;
Association of Asian Studies Japan Studies Travel Grant |
| 1999 |
Social Science Research Council,
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Japanese painting
Japanese sculpture
Buddhist art
Japanese Artistic Encounters with Europe and the U.S |
| GRADUATE SEMINARS (recent topics) |
Collecting East Asian Art in the U.S. and Europe;
Japanese Buddhist Icons;
Japanese Buddhist Temples in Context;
Japanese Prints;
Buddhism and Christianity:
Saints, Relics and Shrines;
Heian Period Buddhist Art;
Buddhist Art of the Kamakura Period |
| DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS CHAIRED |
The Function and Context of Fudo Imagery from the Ninth to Fourteenth Century in Japan
The Pilgrimage Paintings of Huang Xiangjian (1609-73) in the Ming-Qing Transition |
| DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS CHAIR (in progress) |
The Five Great Space Repository Bodhisattvas and Imperial Power in Ninth-Century Japan
Building the Dharma: Text and Image in the Jeweled-Stupa Mandalas
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