History
Joshibi was founded in October 30, 1900, as Private Women's School of Fine Arts(PWSFA), located in Hongo-ku(now Bunkyo-ku), while Tokyo University of the Arts did not admit women as student until 1946.
Joshibi founding members include Tamako Yokoi(former tutor of Joshi-gakuin School) and Bunzo Fujita(Sculptor and former Professor of Tokyo University of Arts). Fujita served the first principal, and created school's logo "美 (Bi?)". 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 was 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 serve the first school principal.
PWSFA 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 the increasing number of students. The Ministry of Education has introduced a new university education law in 1949, WAFA 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 have started to offer in 1994, Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D.) programs have started to offer in 1996.
WCFA renamed Joshibi University of art and design in 2001.
Joshibi Art Museum(JAM) was opened at Sagamihara campus in 2002.
In 2010, the College of Art and Design underwent restructuring into 3 departments, 12 majors(13 majors from 2012), administering a number of departments have involvements in cross-teaching in numerous academic courses.
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