John Max Rosenfield (October 9, 1924 – December 16, 2013) was an American art historian, with a specialization in Japanese art. He began teaching at

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in 1968, and was later the

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Professor of

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, ''Emeritus''"Rosenfield to be awarded Banto Prize in March." ''Harvard University Gazette.'' 8 February 2001. and Curator of Oriental Art at Harvard's

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. In March, 2001, he was awarded the 19th Yamagata Banto prize for his contributions in spreading Japanese culture outside Japan. He graduated from

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, and

Literary works

* Rosenfield, John M. ''Dynastic arts of the Kushans.'' 1967. (1993 ) * Rosenfield, John M. ''Japanese Arts of the

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, 794-1185.'' Asian Society, 1967. * Rosenfield, John M. and Shujiro Shimada. ''Traditions of Japanese Art : Selections from the Kimiko and John Powers Collection.'' Harvard University Press, 1970. () * Rosenfield, John M. ''The courtly tradition in Japanese art and literature: selections from Hofer and Hyde collections.'' Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1973. * Rosenfield, John M. and Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis. ''Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings from Western Collections.'' Tuttle Publishing, 1979. () * Rosenfield, John M. ''et al.'' eds. ''Extraordinary Persons : Works by Eccentric, Non-Conformist Japanese Artists of the Early Modern Era (1580-1868) in the collection of Kimiko & John Powers.'' 3 vols. Harvard University Press, 1998. () * Rosenfield, John M. and Buson Yosa. ''Mynah Birds and Flying Rocks: Word and Image in the Art of Yosa Buson'' (Franklin D. Murphy Lectures, XVIII). Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 2004. () * Rosenfield, John M. ''Portraits of Chōgen: The Transformation of Buddhist Art in Early Medieval Japan.'' Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 2011. * Rosenfield, John M. ''Preserving the Dharma: Hōzan Tankai and Japanese Buddhist Art of the Early Modern Era.'' Princeton University Press, 2016. ()

References

American art historians American Japanologists American male non-fiction writers Harvard University faculty 1924 births 2013 deaths University of California, Berkeley alumni Southern Methodist University alumni University of Iowa alumni Harvard University alumni {{US-art-historian-stub