Akiko Walley is the Maude I. Kerns Associate Professor of Japanese Art at the University of Oregon. Dr. Walley specializes in Japanese art history.
Topics: Questions of authorial intent in the interpretation of Buddhist art; creation of ritual space through physical handling of Buddhist shrines/reliquaries; text-image collaboration in Edo period luxurious prints; imaginary topography in folding screens, rakuchu rakugai zu; challenges and implications of visualizing “divinity” in Buddhist art; global cultural and visual exchange in the 16th century and nanban art.