Tomoko Masuya

Tomoko Masuya was a Professor of Islamic Art History at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, an institution affiliated with University of Tokyo.

Her research covered Islamic art in various media ranging from architecture to painting and ceramics produced in the vast area from Islamic Spain to Central Asia. One of her recently published works was Persian World Histories in the Mongol Era: The Compilation and Transmission of Rashid al-Din’s Jami‘ al-Tavarikh which she edited alongside Osamu Otsuka and Masatomo Kawamoto..

On 21 June 2026, she passed away due to gallbladder cancer, which she had been battling since the autumn of 2024.