John M. Rosenfield (1924 2013) was the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor Emeritus of East Asian Art at Harvard University and curator emeritus of Asian art at the Harvard University Art Museums. His recent publications included "Portraits of Chogen: The Transformation of Buddhist Art in Early Medieval Japan" and extensive entries in "Unrivalled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art".