Shūji Takashina (Japanese: 高階 秀爾 Takashina Shūji; 5 February 1932 – 17 October 2024) was a Japanese art historian and art critic.

[1] Born in Tokyo on 5 February 1932, Takashina attended the University of Tokyo before studying modern Western art at the University of Paris.

From 1959 to 1971, he was curator of the National Museum of Western Art, where he worked until 2002.

He was also a professor at the university of Tokyo until 1991.

Takashina died on 17 October 2024, at the age of 92.