Academic Associate
Ryōko Matsuba is Professor of Digital Humanities for Arts and Cultures and a founding committee member of the College of Arts and Design, Graduate School of Science in Arts and Design at Ritsumeikan University. Her research focuses on the evolution of Japanese woodblock printing techniques from the early modern period to the modern era.
She contributed to major exhibitions at the British Museum, including “Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave” (2017) and “The Citi Exhibition Manga” (2019), co-authoring the catalogue for the latter. Her recent publication, “Mad about Painting” (2023), was recognized as one of the Best Art Books of 2023 by the New York Times.
Selected Publications
- Ryoko Matsuba, ‘Producing Facsimile Reproductions (Fukusei): The Case of Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji’, British Museum Research Volume Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society. Edited by Timothy Clark and Sarah Faulks, British Museum, June 2023, pp. 228-235.
- Katsushika Hokusai and Matsuba Ryoko (ed.), Mad about Painting, David Zwirner Books (ekphrasis), May 2023, 168 pages.
- Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere and Matsuba Ryoko eds. Manga, Thames and Hudson (May 2019), 314 pages.
- “The Power of Hokusai’s Line”, Timothy Clark eds. Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave, Thames and Hudson (May 2017), pp. 34-39.
- “Intertwined Characters: Parody images in Edo visual culture”, Andon 99 (May 2015), pp. 5-19.