Education
Completed doctoral coursework (ABD), Graduate School of Literature, Daito Bunka University, Specialization in Chinese Studies

Expertise
History of Chinese Calligraphy, Studies of Literati Activities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Stone Inscriptions from the Northern Wei to the Sui–Tang Periods, Stele and Modelbook Studies

Experience
Professor Emeritus, Gunma University
Professor Emeritus, Daito Bunka University
Researcher, Daito Bunka University Calligraphy Research Institute; Lecturer, Open College (current)
Assistant, Department of Chinese Literature, Faculty of Literature, Daito Bunka University (1983–1987)
Lecturer, Department of Japanese Literature, Tsuchiura Junior College
Associate Professor (1992–1999) and Professor (1999–2007), Faculty of Education, Gunma University
Professor, Department of Calligraphy, Faculty of Literature, Daito Bunka University (since 2007)
President, Society for Calligraphy History Studies (2014–2018)
Director, Institute of Humanities, Daito Bunka University (four terms; eight years)
Adjunct teaching positions at Otsuma Women’s University, Gunma Prefectural Women’s University, and Osaka University

Select Publication
“Study of the Wu Zhongwen Yuan in the Mid-Ming Period—Through the Nurturing of Literati.” Journal of Chinese Studies, No. 35, Japanese Association for Chinese Studies, October 1983.
“The Emergence and Development of Runli—Independence of Literati Artists in Ming and Qing.” Journal of Calligraphy History Studies, No. 7, September 1997.
“On the Southern and Northern Schools and the North–Southern Stele Theories in Jiao Xun’s Litang Dao Ting Lu.” Journal of Calligraphy History Studies, No. 13, September 2003.
“The Forms of Stele School in Stone Inscriptions and the Possibility of Preceding Calligraphy.” Proceedings of the International Symposium Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of Daito Bunka University, March 2015.
“Study of the Mitsui Version of the Shiqi Tie—Comparison with the Hokuzan Version at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum.” Journal of Calligraphy History Studies, No. 27, November 2017.