1947 Born in Kyoto.1972 Graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo.

1976 to 1991 Curator of The National Museum of Art, Osaka. 1986 Visiting curator of Whitney Museum.1991 to 2005 Professor at Tama Art University.2002 to 2003 Visiting scholar at Columbia University and UC Berkeley University.2005 to 2011 Director of The National Museum of Art, Osaka.2011 to 2015 President of Kyoto City University of Arts.2015 to 2023 President of Tama Art University.2014 to 2024 Chairman of Council of Art Museums.Now, Director of Yayoi Kusama Museum and Kyoto Art Center.

Selected International Exhibitions as the Artistic Director

1990 and 1993 Biennale di Venezia Japanese Pavilion,2001 Yokohama Triennale,2010 Aichi Triennale,2017 Asia Corridor. Kyoto.

As the poet, Received Rekitei New Poet Prize, Jun Takami Prize and Sakutaro Hagiwara Prize