Nobutaka Imamura (1977–) is a Japanese art historian and museum studies scholar. He is Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Hokkaido University, and Visiting Professor at The Open University of Japan. After earning his Ph.D. in Literature from Hokkaido University, he worked as a curator at the Sapporo Art Park Museum before holding academic positions at Kyoto University of the Arts and Konan Women's University. His research focuses on seventeenth-century French art theory, the history of art criticism, museum studies, and the history of art appreciation in modern Japan, with particular emphasis on voice, dialogue, and public space in museums. His best-known book, "The Birth of 'Please Be Quiet!': Art Appreciation and Criticism in Modern Japan," traces how the modern expectation of silent museum viewing emerged through the cultural history of voice and silence. The book has been praised for reinterpreting museums as spaces of public dialogue and critical engagement rather than simply places for quiet observation.