(abbreviated "") is a private women's art school in Suginami and Sagamihara in Japan.
The mission and aims of Joshibi, developing creative minds, encourages students to contribute to local, national and international societies, female independence and evaluation of social status for female through fine art and design, as well as train and educate qualified art tutors and creative artists.
Joshibi is the first fine art institution for female students in Japan and is the oldest private art school.
History
Joshibi was founded on October 30, 1900, as Private Women's School of Fine Arts (PWSFA) in Hongo-ku (now Bunkyo-ku); female students were not admitted to membership of the Tokyo University of the Arts until 1946.
Joshibi founding members include Tamako Yokoi (former tutor of Joshi-Gakuin School) and Bunzo Fujita (former Professor of Tokyo University of Arts). Fujita served the first principal, and created school's logo "". PWSFA was officially oped in April 1901 with 60 students at Yumi-cho. PWSFA suffered from financial difficulties six months after the school opened. Yokoi and Fujita petitioned Shidu Sato (wife of Susumu Sato (military physician)). Sato's family owned PWSFA in January 1902, Shidu served the second principal. Yokoi died on January 4, 1903, from stomach cancer.
Yumi-cho campus burned down in October 1908. Kikuzaka campus was opened at Kikuzaka-cho in July 1909. Joshibi High School of Art and Design was opened in April 1915, Fujita served as the first school principal.
PWSFA was renamed Women's School of Fine Arts (WSFA) in 1919. WSFA was accredited by the Ministry of Education as a vocational college in 1929, renamed Women's Academy of Fine Arts (WAFA). WAFA moved to Suginami in January 1935 due to increasing enrolment. The Ministry of Education introduced a new university education law in 1949; WAFA was renamed Women's College of Fine Arts (WCFA).
The College of Art and Design relocated to Sagamihara in 1990 due to campus expansion. Master's degree programs started in 1994, and Ph.D. programs started in 1996.
WCFA was renamed Joshibi University of Art and Design in 2001. Joshibi Art Museum (JAM) was opened at Sagamihara campus in 2002.
The College of Art and Design underwent restructuring into three departments and 13 majors in April 2010.
Academics
The College of Art and Design offers Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA four-year) in three departments with 13 majors: Department of Fine Arts: Oil Painting and Printing, Nihonga, Sculpture, Art Theory and Practice, Art Education. Department of Design and Crafts: Crafts, Visual Design, Product Design, Environmental Design. Department of Cross Disciplinary Art and Design: Media Art, Art and Design for Healing, Fashion design, Art Produce and Museum Study.
The Junior College of Art Design offers Associate degrees of Fine Arts (AFA two-year) in three majors: Fine Arts Information Design Creative Design
Master and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs are offered for female and male students in three areas: Fine Art, Design, Art and Cultural Studies.