{"id":18420,"date":"2025-04-01T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/wias\/?p=18420"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:41:15","slug":"%e7%a7%8b%e5%b1%b1-%e5%be%b9-2-6-2-5-15-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/wias\/other-en\/2025\/04\/01\/18420\/","title":{"rendered":"BRADEL, Sabine Sophia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Name<\/h5>\n

BRADEL, Sabine Sophia<\/p>\n

Degree<\/h5>\n

Ph.D. in Art History<\/p>\n

Status<\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Research Topic<\/h5>\n

Technological innovation-centrism in art historiography and the significance of \u201ccontinuity\u201d in mid-Edo period ukiyo-e<\/p>\n

Even today, Edo period woodblock prints and paintings (ukiyo-e) are evaluated according to art historical conventions that prioritise technological innovation over the continuity of established modes of expression. Yet innovation is neither a spontaneous phenomenon nor immediately accessible to everyone. Focusing on the artists behind the innovation-centric canon, my research explores the significance of artistic continuity in times of technological transition to point out misattributions in art historiography that continue to affect our understanding of ukiyo-e to this day.<\/p>\n

Monthly Spotlight<\/h5>\n

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\nTechnological innovation-centrism in art historiography and the significance of \u201ccontinuity\u201d in mid-Edo period ukiyo-e<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Education and Academic Employment<\/h5>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2014-2016<\/td>\nThe University of Tokyo, Japan; Postgraduate research student, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology (department for Art History)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012-2024<\/td>\nUniversity of Zurich, Switzerland; Doctoral course, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Institute of Art History, section for Asian Art)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008-2009<\/td>\nSophia University, Japan; Graduate exchange student, Graduate School of Global Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005-2011<\/td>\nUniversity of Trier, Germany; Magister artium programme, Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Media Studies (Japanology, Art History, English Language and Literary Studies)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Academic Employment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2024-2025<\/td>\nScientific collaborator, Kupferstich-Kabinett Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany (short-term project collaborator)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023-2024<\/td>\nInstructor, Institute of Art History, department for East Asian Art, University of Zurich, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023-2024<\/td>\nScientific collaborator, Mus\u00e9e Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020-2022<\/td>\nInstructor, Institute of Art History, department for East Asian Art, University of Zurich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017-2020<\/td>\nInstructor and academic assistant, Institute of Art History, section for Asian Art, University of Zurich, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012-2014<\/td>\nInstructor and academic assistant, Institute of Art History, section for Asian Art, University of Zurich, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Fields of Research Interests<\/h5>\n

Ukiyo-e, history of printing, art historiography, art and identity<\/p>\n

Academic Publications<\/h5>\n
    \n
  • Bradel, Sabine S. and Nobuto Ogawa: \u201cMisugosaretekita mokuhanga no seisaku to shokunin no k\u014dken\u201d [\u201cOverlooked Woodblock Prints, their Production, and the Contributions of Craftspeople\u201d], WIAS Research Bulletin No.18, pp. 41-46, 2026.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine S.: \u201cRudolf Schindler\u2019s passion for ukiyo-e: \u2018This essentially means nothing other than the transcendence of the natural form through design\u2019,\u201d \u201cUkiyo-e as Mirror of the Bustling Life and Consumer Culture in Urban Edo.\u201d In: Deltour, Anne and Margaux Honegger, eds. Impressions du Japon. Zurich, Scheidegger, 2025: \u00a046\u201357, 130\u2013139.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine S.: Forms of femininity: Suzuki Harunobu\u2019s early career development and the gendering of style, 1760\u20131765.<\/em> University of Zurich, 2024.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine: \u201cUtagawa Hiroshige. Triptyque. Procession vers le sanctuaire de Benzai-ten \u00e0 Enoshima, dans la province de Sagami, vers 1851\u201d, 35 Oeuvres Embl\u00e9matiques<\/em>, Mus\u00e9e Jenisch Vevey, pp.15-16, 2023.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine: \u201cSuzuki Harunobu\u201d, Grove Art Online<\/em>, Oxford University Press, 2022.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine: \u201c\u014cnishi Hiroshi: Landscape (1996)\u201d, Hiroshi Onishi. Bluescapes<\/em>. Escapement Art Gallery, pp. 6-7, 2021.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine: \u201cYakusha-e kara bijin-ga e: \u2018Harunobu musume\u2019 seiritsu o megutte\u201d [\u201cFrom yakusha-e to bijin-ga: On the development of the \u2018Harunobu musume\u2019\u201d], Tenth Kansai University EU\u2013Japanology International Workshop, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, pp. 75-82, 2018.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine: \u201cOf brocades and heroes. Variations of Japanese color woodblock prints\u201d, Monet, Gauguin, van Gogh \u2026 Japanese Inspirations<\/em>, Museum Folkwang, Essen, pp. 38-153, 2013.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine: \u201cJapanische Holzschnitte in der Sammlung Hahnloser\u201d, Bonnard, Vallotton, Vuillard im Bann des Japanischen Holzschnitts<\/em>. Tr\u00e4gerverein Flora, Winterthur, pp. 31-41, 2013.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine: \u201cSurimono: H\u00f6chste\u3000Qualit\u00e4t und Sorgfalt\u201c, Szenen aus der Flie\u00dfenden Welt. Meisterwerke des Japanischen Farbholzschnitts<\/em>. Brakensiek, Stephan and Andrea Wandschneider (eds.), DruckVerlag Kettler B\u00f6nen and Universit\u00e4tsbibliothek Trier, pp. 265-279, 2007.<\/li>\n
  • Bradel, Sabine: Various print analyses, Graphik als Spiegel der Malerei. Meisterwerke der Reproduktionsgraphik 1500-1850. Brakensiek, Stephan and Michel Polfer (eds), Publications du Mus\u00e9e National d\u2018Histoire et d\u2019Art Luxembourg, pp. 112f, 180f, 192f, 204f, 256f, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Other Interests<\/h5>\n

    Visiting museums, hiking<\/p>\n

    Affiliated Academic Organizations<\/h5>\n

    European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA)
    \nJapan Art History Forum (JAHF)
    \nEuropean Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
    \nInternational Ukiyo-e Society \/ \u56fd\u969b\u6d6e\u4e16\u7d75\u5b66\u4f1a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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