<p>Pre-modern Japan--all periods</p>
Given Name:
Email Address:
kgerhart@pitt.edu
Family Name:
Gerhart
Publications:
Forthcoming “The Death and Funeral of Imperial Consort Ishi (1076-1103) in Chûyûki, eds. Joan Piggot and Yoshida Sanae. Cornell University Press.
2013 Review of Thomas Conlon’s From Sovereign to Symbol: An Age of Ritual Determinism in Fourteenth-Century Japan (Oxford University Press, 2011) in Journal of Japanese Studies
2009 The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan. University of Hawaii
Qualifications:
PhD, University of Kansas, 1992
Department:
History of Art and Architecture
Region:
Japan
Office:
118C Frick Fine Arts Building
Office phone number:
412-648-2408
Rank:
Professor
Biography:
<p>Professor Gerhart’s research and teaching encompass a wide range of topics in the history of art and architecture in pre-modern Japan. Her research interests are in the relationship between art and social function, and art and ritual. Recent book publications include The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan (2009) and The Eyes of Power: Art and Early Tokugawa Authority (1999) and articles on the influence of Chinese iconography, issues of patronage and travel, and the use of images in ritual context. She has presented numerous papers at professional meetings, including the Association of Asian Studies and the College Art Association. She teaches both undergraduate courses and topically organized graduate seminars; recent offerings include Japanese Landscape Painting, Portraits and Rituals in East Asia, and Ancient Japan.</p>
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