Ph.D., University of Glasgow

M.Phil., University of Glasgow

History of arts, History of Art

2024
Tokyo University of the Arts, Visiting Lecturer

2009 - 2019
Nagano Prefectural Junior College, Visiting Lecturer in Art History

2003 - 2004
Saga University (Faculty of Medicine), Visiting Lecturer in Art History

2002 - 2003
Saga Medical University, Visiting Lecturer in Art History

1997 - 2001, University of Glasgow, Department of History of Art

1993 - 1995, University of Glasgow, Department of History of Art

2018 - 2019
Editorial Board, Journal for the Society for Japonisme Studies, Society for the Study of Japonisme

2011 - 2013
Editorial Board, Journal for Society of Art Education in University, University Art Education Society of Japan

2009 - 2020
International Scholarly Advisory Board for American Art Initiatives at the Freer Gallery of Art, advisor and webinar, Smithsonian Institution

2009 - 2013
Board Member, Society for the Study of Japonisme

2007 - 2009
Editorial Board, Journal for Society of Art Education in University (2011- 2013, 2007- 2009), University Art Education Society of Japan

2007
本部事務局理事, 大学美術教育学会

2006
国際交流委員・本部事務局委員, 大学美術教育学会

James Main Dixon’s Stay in Japan From 1880 to 1892
Ayako Ono
Shinshu University Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 16, 191-206, 22 Mar. 2022

’Nihonga’(Japanese-style painting) for the Global: Modern 'Nihonga' and 'Seiyo (West)' and 'Seio (Western Europe)' as Relative Concepts
Ayako Ono
Shinshu University Journal of Education Research and Practice, (15), 363-371, 31 Mar. 2021

‘Tonal Painting and Mōrōtai. J. McN. Whistler, Yokoyama Taikan and Hishida Shunso’,
Ayako Ono
The Journal for Society of Art Education in University, (52), 113-120, Mar. 2020

‘Research on the sale catalogue of Charles Lanman House’,
Ayako Ono
Shinshu University Journal of Education Research and Practice, (13), 70-94, 31 Mar. 2019

‘Research on the early exchanges between Japan and the United States’,
Ayako Ono
Shinshu University Journal of Education Research and Practice, (12), 91-106, 31 Mar. 2018

‘Japanese art exhibition in the West in modern era-Britain’,
Ayako Ono
Kindai Gasetsu, (26), 8-25, 09 Dec. 2017

‘Spread of universality and unity of beauty – J. McN. Whistler’s Japonisme as a starting point’,
Ayako Ono
The Journal for Society of Art Education in University, (49), 97-104, Mar. 2017

‘Creation and recreation of Nihonga’,
Ayako Ono & Hidenori Majima
The Journal for Society of Art Education in University, (48), 129-136, 2016

‘Spread of J. McN. Whistler’s Japonisme with a focus on his patrons’,
Ayako Ono
Studies in Japonisme, (34 supplement), 16-23, 2015

‘Whistler’s Japonisme and its dissemination’,
Ayako Ono
James McNeill Whistler Retrospective, exh.cat., 194-203, 2014

‘Networks of modernism: A new look at Whistler in Japan’,
Ayako Ono
Palaces of Art Whistler and the Art Worlds of Aestheticism, 165-172, 2013

‘J.McN. Whistler’s introduction in Japan – His impact on the literary world in modern Japan’,
Ayako Ono
de arte, (27), 69-83, 2011

‘Interpretation about art and theory of J. McN. Whistler’s in Japan. From the viewpoint of East and West exchange – Hayashi Tadamasa, Iwamura Toru and Kume Keiichiro’,
Ayako Ono
Studies in Japonisme, (30), 28-44, 2010

‘Spread of technique of woodblock print and Japonisme’,
Ayako Ono
Studies in Japonisme, (30), 96-101, 2010

‘System of preservation and reuse of historical building in Scotland and additions and alterations for the 19th century Maison Tigh-na-Mara’,
Akihiro Yamagishi & Ayako Ono
Journal of Human and Living Environment, 16(2), 99-107, 2009

‘Whistler's Japanese Connection’
Ayako Ono
Freer Occasional Papers volume on Whistler, 95-104, 2008

‘William Leiper's works in Helensburgh: Preservation and Reuse of Cairndhu: Research on the preservation and reuse of historical buildings in Britain’,
Akihiro Yamagishi & Ayako Ono
Journal of Human and Living Environment, 13(2), 75-85, 2006

‘A study on making worksheets for art appreciation program for school education: Through cooperate with the regional museum’,
Ayako Ono
Bulletin of the Higher Education System Center, (2), 61-73, 2006

‘The exchange between Glasgow and Japan and its background in the 1860s and 1870s’,
Ayako Ono
Journal of the Faculty of Education, (114), 113-120, 2005

‘James McNeill Whistler and Japan’,
Ayako Ono
Art History, 156, 365-379, 2004

‘J.McN. Whistler and Japan －Correspondences in the Centre for Whistler Studies’,
Ayako Ono
Kajima Bijutu Kenkyu, (20), 20-28, 2003

‘Japonisme in Glasgow’,
Ayako Ono
Studies in Japonisme, (22), 9-29, 2003

‘Mortimer Menpes’ Japanese subject and portraiture: The influence of J. McN. Whistler and Kawanabe Kyôsai’,
Ayako Ono
Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History,, 6, 69-76, 2001

‘G. Henry & E.A. Hornel’s visit to Japan and Yokohama Shashin’,
Ayako Ono
APOLLO, The International Magazine of the Art, 11-18, 1999

‘Japanese influence on Whistler’s Art: Subjectless painting and Japonisme’,
Ayako Ono
de arte, (14), 23-36, 1998

‘Whistler’s Symphony in White No.1 The White Girl’,
Ayako Ono
de arte, (13), 58-71, 1997

‘Luther Whiting Mason Collection, University of Maryland Special Collections in Performing Arts’,
Ayako Ono
Shinshu University Journal of Education Research and Practice, (10), 195-206, Mar. 2017

Edwardian London through Japanese Eyes: The Art and Writings of Yoshio Markino, 1897–1915. by William S. Rodner (review)Ayako Ono
Volume 39(Number 2), 410-414, 2013

‘Mortimer Menpes and Japan: The influence of J. McN. Whistler and Kawanabe Kyôsai’
14 Mar. 2001, Invited

Japanese influence on Mortimer Menpes'
Burrell Collection, 20 Nov. 1999

Enhancing instruction for students with disabilities using ICT. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology commissioned project. Art appreciation education for children with visual impairments. Hands-Free audio guide for art appreciation learning. 2022-2023

Webサービス Smartify 　George Henry, Geisha, 1894, National Galleries of Scotland解説

Whistler and Artistic Exchange between Japan and the West: After Japonisme in Britain
Ayako Ono
Routledge, 2023, Refereed

Japonisme in Britain, Selected Articles from British Periodicals, 1825-1911
Ayako Ono
Edition Synapse, 2022
ISBN:978-4-86166-224-9

E.A. Hornel From Camera to Canvas
Ben Reiss et.al., ‘Hornel’s Visit to Japan (1893-94) and His Use of Photography’
National Trust for Scotland, pp.67-78 2020

James McNeill Whistler Retrospective
Ayako Ono
NHK & NHK Promotion, 2014

The Beautiful – Art for Art’s Sake, The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900,
Ayako Ono, ‘E.W. Godwin – designing the life space’
Asahi Shimbun, 200-205 2014

City and Art in the Modern era of the West – London – Art and Technology
Ayako Ono (Eriko Yamaguchi ed.), ‘Japonisme’
Chikurinsha, 313-327 2014

BRITAIN & JAPAN: Biographical Portraits, Compiled and Edited by HUGH CORTAZZI VOLUME VIII
Sir Hugh Cortazzi ed., Joint work, George Henry (1854–1934) and E.A. Hornel (1864–1933)
GLOBAL ORIENTAL, 220-234 2013

Modernization of Japan
Ayako Ono, ‘Japonisme and Chinoiseries’
Yoshikawakobunkan, 371-380 2012

Aesthetic Dialogue – Japonisme in Britain
Ayako Ono
Gihodo, 2008

Minervium – Research Report on Higher Education 2007
Ayako Ono, ‘Art appreciation education – use of worksheet’
Kyoto University Publication Center, 68-80 2007

Research Report on Higher Education 2006
Ayako Ono, ‘Teaching method of art appreciation for the teacher training course in the Faculty of Education’
Kyoto University Publication Center, 66-76 2006

Minervium – Research Report on Higher Education 2005
Ayako Ono, ‘Basics for teaching art history for teacher training course in the Faculty of Education’
Kyoto University Publication Center, 54-64 2005

Japonisme in Britain - Whistler, Menpes, Henry, Hornel and nineteenth-century Japan
RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

Whistler's tonal painting and mōrōtai
Spring 2023 Research Seminar Series, History of Art, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, 19 Apr. 2023, Invited

Transnational Lives: Scotland and Japan
University of St Andrews, 2018

Whistler and Modernity in Japan
Whistler and Kiyochika Modernity, Melancholy, and the Nocturne, webinar Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C. (May 2015), 2015

J.McN. Whistler his life and art
J. McN. Whistler Retrospective　　Yokohama Museum of Art, 2014

Aesthetic Dialogues of East and West: Whistler's Points of Contact'
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, 10 May 2011

Networks of Modernism: A New Look at Whistler in Japan
Palaces of Art: Whistler and the Art Worlds of Aestheticism（Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M.Sackler Gallery, Washington DC, U.S.A.）, 2011

Whistler and Japonisme
Imagining Japan: Anglo-Japanese Influences on British Design (Victorian and Albert Museum, London, U.K.）, 2011

‘Glasgow and Japan Exchange – Industry and the Arts’
The XXIX. Deutscher Kunsthistorikertag 2007 in Regensburg, 17 Mar. 2007, Association of German Art Historians, Not invited

Exchange between Japan and Glasgow in the nineteenth century ― Art and Industry
XXIX. Deutscher Kunsthistorikertag (Association of German Art Historians, Universität Regensburg, Germany), 2007

Whistler and Japan
Whistler Centenary Conference, University of Glasgow, 2003, University of Glasgow

‘James McNeill Whistler and his use of Japanese objects in the 1860s’
Oxford Brookes University, 01 Apr. 2001, 27th Annual conference of the Association of Art Historians,

Whistler, Japonisme and Japan
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research University of Tsukuba (Jan 2014)

2024
The Victorian Studies Society of Japan

2023
The Whistler Society

九州芸術学会

1996
Japan Art History Society

2004
University Art Education Society of Japan

2005
Japanese Society for Aesthetics

2010
Association for the Study of Modern Japanese Art History

Society for the Study of Japonisme

Consumer culture in the age of Japonisme: a study of the prices of Japanese arts and crafts.
科学研究費補助金, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
2022 - 2024

Improving instruction for students with disabilities using ICT (Practical research on teaching using digital data from textbooks published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
受託事業, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2022 - 2023

Modernity and Beauty: New artistic expressions in the context of exchange between the United States and Japan, Terra Foundation for American Art
Terra Foundation for American Art
Apr. 2018 - Dec. 2018

Research on Japanese students in the U.S.A in the early exchange between Japan and U.S.A
科学研究費補助金, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2016 - 2020

Research on J. McN. Whistler and his two patrons focused on their Japanese art collections
科学研究費補助金, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2013 - 2016

J. McN. Whistler's influence and impact in Japan
科学研究費補助金, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Category Young Scientist
2009 - 2013

Research on the cooperation between the local museum and educational institution on art appreciation education
科学研究費補助金, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Category Young Scientist
2006 - 2008

Transnational Lives: Scotland and Japan, University of St. Andrews
lecturer
Apr. 2018

教員免許状更新講習 / Teacher’s License Renewal Training Support
Jul. 2014

Whistler, Japonisme and Japan
lecturer
科学研究費助成事業, 筑波大学, Jan. 2014

信州知の森が拓く、豊かな近未来　2012－2014
SBC公開講座, 2014

信州版・大学を活用した美術館ネットワーク事業 / Advisor, Museum networking in the collaboration of the local university – Shinshu version (Project for the Agency for Cultural Affairs), 信濃美術館 / Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, 2013 - 2015

長野市10年経験者研修講師
lecturer
Jun. 2010

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, Jan. 2009 - May 2011

教員免許状更新講習 / Teacher’s License Renewal Training Support
2009 - 2009

安曇野アートライン推進協議会・安曇野美術館連絡協議会 学芸研修会
lecturer
Nov. 2005