Ulak, James
Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery staffUlak, James
Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery staffJapanese narrative painting of the 14th and 15th centuries.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Maryknoll College
- M.Th., Maryknoll College
- Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Research And Grants
Investigator On
- Recruit and train the next generation of Curators of Japanese Art. awarded by Japan Foundation
- Recruit and train the next generation of Curators of Japanese Art. awarded by Japan Foundation
- Recruit and train the next generation of Curators of Japanese Art. awarded by Japan Foundation
- The Shimada Prize awarded by Metropolitan Center for Eastern Art Studies
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Ulak, James. 2012. "Masters of Mercy: Kano Kazunobu and the Buddha's Amazing Disciples Resurrecting and Understanding a Major Buddhist Landmark of the Late Edo Period." Orientations 43 (2):108-116. 2012
- Ulak, James. 2012. "The Robert O. Muller Collection." Orientations 43 (7):62-63. 2012
- Ulak, J. T. 2009. "The Alchemy of Selection: Lee and the Japanese Collection." Orientations 40 (5):41-47. 2009
- Ulak, James. 2007. "A Decade of Remarkable Growth: Acquisitions by the Freer and Sackler Galleries." Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors (November): 36-43. 2007
- Ulak, James T. 2007. "Medals." in Encompassing the globe: Portugal and the world in the 16th and 17th centuries-- Reference Catalogue, edited by Levenson, Jay A., 165-165. Smithsonian Institution. 2007
- Ulak, James T. 2007. "Plate with Dutch coat of arms." in Encompassing the globe: Portugal and the world in the 16th and 17th centuries, edited by Levenson, Jay A., 175-175. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. 2007
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Book
- Ulak, James T. and Feltens, Frank. 2018. Hokusai no nikuhitsu (Hokusai’s Brush: Paintings, Sketches, and Drawings by Katsushika Hokusai). Kyoto: Seigensha. 2018
- Allee, Stephen D., Bloom, Rebecca, Cort, Louise A., DeCaroli, Robert, Diamond, Debra, Eijermans, Johannes, Stuart, Jan, Ulak, James, Wilson, J. K., and Yonemura, Ann. 2017. Paths to Perfection: Buddhist Art at the Freer|Sackler. Giles. 2017
- Lippit, Yukio, Ulak, James T., Nakamachi, Keiko, Okudaira, Shunroku, Furuta, Ryō, Noguchi, Takeshi, Ōta, Aya, and Tawaraya, Sō. 2015. Sōtatsu. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. 2015
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Chapter
- Ulak, James. 2009. "Robert O. Muller: The Practical Romantic." in Beautiful Shin-hanga-Revitalization of Ukiyo-e, 2009
- Ulak, James T. 2007. "Chair with shishi finials." in Encompassing the globe: Portugal and the world in the 16th and 17th centuries, edited by Levenson, Jay A., 175-175. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. 2007
- Ulak, James T. 2007. "Rosary fragments." in Encompassing the globe: Portugal and the world in the 16th and 17th centuries-- Reference Catalogue, edited by Levenson, Jay A., 160-160. Smithsonian Institution. 2007
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Review
- Ulak, James. 2016. [Book review] "Review of The Life and Afterlives of Hanabusa Itcho, Artist-Rebel of Edo by Miriam Wattles, Brill Leiden, 2013. xii, 288 pages." The Journal of Japanese Studies. 2016
