Shibutani Ayako

• The University of Tokyo  The University Museum 

• 2024 - 2028 Interdisciplinary Study on the Interrelationship between pottery use and cereal cooking in the Yin Culture
• 2023 - 2028 Applied Practice of "Science of Historical Materials"
• 2022 - 2026 Elucidation of the burial principle and social transformation at the end of the Jomon period by bone archaeological analysis of injured human bones
• 2024 - 2025 Scientific study on papers used for historical materials in Early Modern Ryukyu
• 2024 - 2025 Scientific study on the morphology and papers used for Medieval and Early Modern materials in Eastern Japan
2023 - 2025 Establishment of Japanese History DX with the cocreation of different academic fields
2020 - 2025 Material analysis and provenance estimation of archaeological artifacts
2020 - 2025 A Study of Contextual Data Packaging for Humanities
2020 - 2024 「原本史料情報解析」の方法による中世西国武家文書の研究と展開
2023 - 2024 Scientific Approach to Historical Materials
2023 - 2024 Cross-sectional approach to soson documents in Oumi Province
2023 - 2024 Integrated scientific approach to papers used for historical materials in the early-modern periods
2020 - 2024 Research on the function of Incipient and Initial Jomon pottery.
2022 - 2023 Scientific Approach to Historical Materials
2022 - 2023 Approach to transition styles of Sugaura documents with related materials and their papers
2022 - 2023 Integrated scientific approach to papers used for historical materials in the early-modern periods
2019 - 2023 Establishment of International Research for Historical Paper Materials
2021 - 2022 Multifaceted approach to transitions of historical paper materials in the early-modern periods from the scope of
2018 - 2021 Exploring Perspectives of "Science of Japanese Historical Documents" from the Scope of Mixture Analysis of Papers in the Early-modern Period
2020 - 2021 Multifaceted approach to transitions of historical paper materials in the early-modern periods from the scope of
2018 - 2021 Multidisciplinary research for social transition and local varieties by cultural contacts between hunter-gatherers and agricultural cultures
2019 - 2020 歯科古病理学を活用した現代人の未病予測と予防・改善ケアの開発
2019 - 2020 Exploring the Origins of Japanese Historical Documents from the Scope of Mixture Analysis of Papers in the Premodern Period
2015 - 2020 High-precision chronology and human life history
2018 - 2019 Exploring the Origins of Japanese Historical Documents from the Scope of Mixture Analysis of Papers in the Premodern Period
2016 - 2019 Constructing Integrated Studies of Cultural and Research Resources, and Renovating Sharing Infrastructures of Research Resources in Japanese History and Culture
2016 - 2019 Paleo-biology of Neolithic peoples in Anatolian Turkey
2015 - 2019 Ethnography of Archaeology: Diversity in the Production, Utilization, and Transformation of Archaeological Knowledge
2014 - 2017 Plant Food Cultures in Northern Jomon Japan from Starch Residue Analyses
2014 - 2017 Basic Study of Jomon Culture on the Coast of Funkawan (Volcano Bay), Hokkaido
2012 - 2015 The Transformation and Diversities of East Asian Neolithic Societies from the Scope of 'Storage' and 'Processing' of Wild Plant Food
2011 - 2014 Ritual Food in Prehistory
2012 - 2013 Plant foods in the Jomon period focusing on starch residue analysis and usewear analysis of stone tools
2010 - 2013 History of human and plant resources in the Jomon period
2011 - 2013 Applying starch residue analysis to plant utilization in the Jomon period
2011 - 2012 Historical study of herbal plants in Vietnam
2010 - 2011 Plant utilization in the Jomon period using starch residue analysis
2008 - 2009 Transitions of plant uses at the Sannai-Maruyama site from the scope of starch grains on stone tools
2006 - 2007 Plant food in early Japan from the scope of starch residue analysis: Development and applications of processing techniques
2006 - 2007 Plant food in the southern parts of Jomon Kyushu: Development and applications of processing techniques from the scope of starch residue analysis
2006 - 2007 Plant food at the Sannai-Maruyama site from the scope of starch residue analysis: Development and applications of processing techniques
2006 - 2007 Processing technique history of plant food resources from the scope of starch residue analysis

• Ayako Shibutani, Akihiko Takashima, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Kanako Hirasawa. Non-destructive chemical analyses and their interpretation for paper samples of "Kokon Kamisuki Kamiya Zue" by Yoshikuni Seki. Tokyo Daigaku Shiryo Hensan-jo Kenkyu Kiyo. 2025. 35. 35
• Dinh Lam, Katsunori Tanaka, Akihiko Takashima, Ayako Shibutani, Ryuji Ishikawa. Genetic diversity on farm in Japanese paper mulberry. Ecology and Evolution. 2025. 15. 1. e70828
• Ayako Shibutani, Masashi Amano, Akihiko Takashima, Hiroe Nukui, Koki Yanbe. From the recordings of the research roundtable "Talking about studies of papers used for historical materials". Tokyo Daigaku Shiryo Hensan-jo Kenkyu Kiyo. 2024. 34. 34. 127-142
• 石川隆二, 高島晶彦, 渋谷綾子. MIG-seqを利用した日本在来カジノキの遺伝的多様性の解析. 日本遺伝学会大会プログラム・予稿集. 2023. 95th (CD-ROM)
• Ayako Shibutani, Satoru Nakamura, Kanako Hirasawa, Honami Inukai, Toshiyuki Yamada, Airu Adachi, Ikki Ohmukai, Taizo Yamada. Developing a New Research Data Infrastructure for Japanese Historical Materials. Digital Humanities (DH) 2023. 2023

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• Ayako Shibutani. UTokyo BiblioPlaza "Komonjo no Kagaku (Science of Historical Materials - Multi-faceted Analyses of papers used for historical materials)". UTokyo BiblioPlaza. 2024
• Ayako Shibutani, Masashi Amano. "Science of Historical Materials: Multi-faceted Analyses of papers used for historical materials" (Bungaku-Report.com). ALL REVIEWS. 2023
• Ayako Shibutani. Plant utilisation in the formation stage of Chinese civilization: An analysis of starch grains. A New Archaeology Initiative to Elucidate the Formation Process of Chinese Civilization News Letter. 2021. 1. 10-10
• Ayako Shibutani. Starch tells the past and future. Monthly Report Sugar and Starch Information. 2019. 11. 2-8
• Ayako Shibutani. Diet of the Jomon People from the Scope of Jomon Pottery: Understanding Starch Residue Analysis. Musashino Jurin. 2019. 2. 42-43

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• New perspectives for archaeological science in East Asia
  Yuzankaku. Inc 2024 ISBN:9784639029700
• Survey and Research about Ancient Manuscripts of the Seikado Collection
  Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, Seikado Fundation 2024
• Science of Historical Materials: Multi-faceted Analyses of papers used for historical materials
  Bungaku-Report.com 2023 ISBN:9784867660041
• Starting guidebook for scientific analysis: From sampling to interpretation
  Shobi Printing Co.,Ltd 2022
• Archaeology in Gangnam, China
  Shinichi Nakamura 2022

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• Scientific studies of Japanese historical materials: From the view of components of papers
  (Washi bunka kenkyukai 2025's January meeting 2025)
• Looking at archaeological sites and historical documents by starch
  ("Archaeology overview", Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences, Kumamoto University 2025)
• "Ancient Starch Research" at 20 Years: Advances in Analysis in East Asia
  (The 39th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Historical Botany 2024)
• Plants and Additives Classification of Washi by Infrared Spectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis
  (40th NIR Forum held under Japan Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy (JCNIRS) 2024)
• Cereal storage or cereal processing or both? Some thoughts on post-harvesting activities in the Late Bronze Age Fergana Valley
  (World Neolithic Congress 2024 2024)

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• Small Things in Perspective: An Integrated Approach to Historical Paper Materials through Digital Infrastructure and Microscopy
  Ayako Shibutani 2019 - 2019

• 2005 - 2010 Graduate University for Advanced Studies School of Cultural and Social Studies Department of Comparative Cultures
• 2003 - 2005 University of Bradford Department of Archaeological Sciences MSc in Scientific Methods in Archaeology
• 2001 - 2005 Graduate School of Kansai University Faculty of Letters in PhD Course Department of History
• 1999 - 2001 Graduate School of Kansai University Faculty of Letters in Master Course Department of History
• 1995 - 1999 Kansai University Department of Letters Faculty of History and Geography

• Ph.D. (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
• M.Sc. in Archaeological Science (University of Bradford)
• Master of Letters (Kansai University)
• B.A. (Kansai University)

• 2023/12 - 現在 The University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute Project Assistant Researcher
• 2022/04 - 現在 National Institute of Science and Technology Policy Center for Science and Technology Foresight and Indicators Professional investigator
• 2020/04 - 現在 The University of Tokyo The University Museum Research Project Supporter
• 2023/04 - 2023/11 The University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute Project Researcher
• 2020/04 - 2023/03 The University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute Project Assistant Researcher
2019/04 - 2020/03 The University of Tokyo The University Museum Project Researcher
2015/07 - 2019/03 National Museum of Japanese History Research Department Research Assistant Professor
2015/04 - 2015/06 National Museum of Japanese History Research Department Project Researcher
2012/08 - 2014/03 National Museum of Japanese History Research Department Research Assistant Professor
2010/06 - 2012/07 Hiroshima University Museum Curator
2009/04 - 2010/03 National Museum of Ethnology Research Assistant
2007/04 - 2009/03 Kansai University Dai-Ichi Senior High School Part-time Lecturer
2005/09 - 2007/08 National Museum of Ethnology Research Assistant
2005/06 - 2007/03 Kansai University Museum Part-time worker
2001/04 - 2003/06 Kansai University Museum Part-time worker

• 2024/08 - 現在 International Society for Ancient Starch (ISAS) Steering Committee
• 2022/11 - 現在 Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology Review Editor
• 2023/10 - 2025/09 Japanese Association of Historical Botany The 14th Commissioner of Public Relations & External Affairs
• 2023/06 - 2024/06 The Museum of Kyoto Planning Committee Member of the Special Exhibition
• 2021/04 - 2021/09 The 11th Conference of Japanese Association for Digital Humanities (JADH2021) Local Organizer
2019/04 - 2021/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Expert Member of Committee of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2017/11 - 2019/09 Japanese Association of Historical Botany 11th editorial secretary of "Japanese Journal of Historical Botany"
2015/11 - 2017/10 Japanese Association of Historical Botany 10th editorial secretary of "Japanese Journal of Historical Botany"
2015/11 - 2016/09 The 8th World Archaeological Congress (WAC-8 Kyoto)) T10 supporter
2015/11 - 2016/09 The 8th World Archaeological Congress (WAC-8 Kyoto) Committee member
2014/11 - 2015/11 Japanese Association of Historical Botany 9th editorial secretary of "Japanese Journal of Historical Botany"
2011/11 - 2014/11 Japanese Association of Historical Botany 8th editorial secretary of "Japanese Journal of Historical Botany"
2000 - 2002 The Osaka Historical Association General affairs committee

• 2018/07 - Japan Society for Scientific Studies on Cultural Properties 12th Poster Prize Tracing and identifying archaeological crop plants from the scope of burial experiments of Japanese radish
• 2017/06 - Japan Society for Scientific Studies on Cultural Properties 11th Poster Prize Exploring papers of Japanese historical archives with digital microscope: A multi-disciplinary approach for “Integrated Studies of Cultural and Research Resources”
• 2013/12 - Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, National Institutes for the Humanities 第1回人間文化研究奨励賞
• 2011 - Japanese Association of Historical Botany The 1st Article Prize of the Japanese Association of Historical Botany "A comparative starch reference collection in Japanese archipelago and its application to Japanese archaeological studies ? focusing on morphological classification of archaeological starch grains"
• 2008 - The World Archaeological Congress WAC Student Poster Prize runner-up 「Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Plant Movements in Southern Kyushu, Japan」

International Society for Ancient Starch (ISAS) ,  Association for Environmental Archaeology (AEA) ,  Japanese Association for Digital Humanities ,  The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations ,  The Anthropological Society of Nippon ,  Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts (AWRANA) ,  Society of Archaeological Studies ,  Society for American Archaeology(SAA) ,  Society for East Asian Archaeology(SEAA) ,  Japanese Archaeological Association ,  The World Archaeological Congress ,  Japanese Association of Historical Botany ,  Japan Society for Scientific Studies on Cultural Properties ,  European Association for Japanese Studies