Dr Koto Sadamura specialises in Japanese art of the late 19th century. She has curated exhibitions and published extensively on the artist Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831–1889), including Kawanabe Kyōsai no chōsen: Kyōga de hiraita shinjidai (Kawanabe Kyōsai's Endeavour: Exploring a New Era through Comic Pictures; University of Tokyo Press, 2023), Kyōsai: The Israel Goldman Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 2022), Kyōsai’s Animal Circus: From the Israel Goldman Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 2022) and Sex and Laughter with Kyōsai: Shunga from the Israel Goldman Collection (co-authored, Seigensha, 2017). She is the curator of the Israel Goldman Collection, London, and a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Asia, the British Museum.