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About WritingWise
WritingWise is a sole-proprietorship operated by Rebekah Harmon. Current clients include some of Japan’s most prominent museums, research institutes, universities, and media companies, including the Museum of the Imperial Collections and the Tokyo National Museum. Click on “Experience” for a list of past exhibitions and publications.
Recent Projects
Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan
Special Exhibition (2026)Tokyo National Museum
Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism
Special Exhibition (2026)Tokyo National Museum
The Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh
Catalogue (2026)Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
The Ohara Family of Kurashiki
and Chinese Painting
Catalogue (2026)Ohara Museum of Art
The Maeda
Legacy of a Prosperous Samurai Family
Special Exhibition (2026)Tokyo National Museum
Japanese Picture Scrolls and Books from the Chester Beatty Collection
Special Exhibition/Catalogue (2026)Tokyo National Museum
Ode to Spring:
Expressions of Celebration and Hope
Special Exhibition (2026)Kochi Castle Museum of History
Masterpieces from the Nezu Collection,
New Edition: Chinese Painting & Medieval Painting
Catalogue (2025)Nezu Museum
Ōoku: Women of Power in Edo Castle
Special Exhibition (2025)Tokyo National Museum
National Treasures of Japan
World Expo Exhibition (2025)Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Inviting Fortune
Special Exhibition (2025)The Museum of the Imperial Collections,
Sannomaru Shozokan
Treasures of Daikakuji
Special Exhibition (2025)Tokyo National Museum
Haniwa!
Special Exhibition (2024)Tokyo National Museum
Jingoji: The Dawn of Shingon Buddhism
Special Exhibition (2024)Tokyo National Museum
Wild Wonders
Special Exhibition (2024)The Museum of the Imperial Collections,
Sannomaru Shozokan
Attire of the Warrior Elite:
The Yamuchi Textile Collection
Special Exhibition (2024)Kochi Castle Museum of History
(Exhibition Booklet)
Masterpieces from the Nezu Collection,
New Edition: Buddhist Painting
Catalogue (2024)Nezu Museum
Tokyo National Museum
Its History and National Treasures
Special Exhibition (2022)Tokyo National Museum