Research keywords (4)：
Dunhuang
, Chinese and Japanese Ancient Art
, Buddhist Art
, Art History
Research theme for competitive and other funds (3)：
2022 - 2026 古代東アジアの祥瑞と王権:漢~唐代成立の瑞獣画像をめぐる学際的研究
2017 - 2020 Iconographic study of sacred beasts in Chinese Buddhism - special reference to dragon and lion -
『仏頂尊勝陀羅尼経』信仰の伝播と変相図の成立
Papers (19)：
Akiko SHIMONO. The Detached Segments of "Besson-zakki" in Tomioka Shigenori Collection. Bulletin of Aizu Museum, Waseda University. 2020. 21. 75-88
Akiko SHIMONO. The "White Horse with Red Mane" in Chinese Buddhist Art. Buddhist Arts. 2020. 4. 33-50
Akiko SHIMONO. The study of relief about biographies of the Buddha in Tomioka Shigenori Collection. Bulletin of Aizu Museum, Waseda University. 2019. 20. 27-45
Akiko SHIMONO. The report of the Aizu Collection before the Second World War, 8 -the Clay Buddha Image in Relief from Dunhuang-. Bulletin of Aizu Museum, Waseda University. 2018. 19. 53-62
Akiko SHIMONO. The report on the Aizu Collection before the Second World War(7)On the Clay Miniature Pagodas. Bulletin of Aizu Museum, Waseda University. 2017. 18. 21-30
Akiko SHIMONO. The Rubbing of a Pictorial Stone with Procession of Chariots, Banquet Scene and Buildings, donated in 2021. Bulletin of Aizu Museum, Waseda University. 2023. 24. 13-28
Akiko SHIMONO. The works of Terahata Sukenojō in Tomioka Shigenori collection and donated in recent years. Bulletin of Aizu Museum, Waseda University. 2022. 23. 93-102
SHIMONO Akiko. Buddhist Sutra “Dai hannya-kyo” (Skt. Mahā-prajñā-pāramitā-sūtra) Vol.270, also known as “Todaiji Hachiman-kyo”(Sutra of Hachimangu shrine of Todai-ji temple) in Tomioka Shigenori collection. Bulletin of Aizu Museum, Waseda University. 2021. 22. 49-55
On Depictions of Foding-zunsheng-tuoluoni-jing 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經 and the Dharani Pillars (tuoluoni-jingchuang 陀羅尼經幢) in Tang China
(Esoteric Buddhist Tradition in East Asia: Text, Ritual and Image An International Conference at Yale University, U.S.A. 2007)
