Rurihiko Hara

Rurihiko Hara is Associate Professor at Shizuoka University’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and School of Regional Development. He is also a board member of the general incorporated association hO. His research focuses on Japanese gardens, Noh, and Kyogen.

Hara completed his doctorate at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2020. His recent publications include Suhama-ron (On Suhama, Sakuhin-sha, 2023) and Nihon Teien o Meguru: Dezitaru Ākaibu no Kanōsei (Walking Around Japanese Gardens: The Potential of Digital Archives, Hayakawa Shobō, 2023).

In 2024, he received both the 74th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists and the 15th Association for Studies of Culture and Representation Encouragement Prize for Suhama-ron. His work also extends to performance, having served as dramaturge for Life-Well, a Noh collaboration by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mansai Nomura, and Shiro Takatani (2013), as well as the ongoing Okina Project (2020–).