Women Artists in Japan: 19^th – 21^st century is a four-year research programme launched in 2022 that seeks to highlight the artistic production and contributions of women artists in Japan within a global cultural history. The project builds on previous scholarship and dialogues with other current initiatives to continue to reveal the presence of Japanese women from the 19th century through to today, within all artistic movements and currents.

A research committee composed of specialists in contemporary art, photography, nihonga (Japanese painting), yôga (Western-style painting), and women artists accompanies the project aiming to represent the diversity of the Japanese artistic scene through the lens of gender.

A research committee composed of experts in contemporary art, photography, nihonga (Japanese painting), yôga (Western painting) and women artists is overseeing the project with the aim of representing the diversity of the Japanese art scene from a gender perspective. The committee contributes to the content of the programme by selecting artists, research themes and authors for the AWARE website.