Toyokuni

male, deceased (1825)
nineteenth century, Ukiyo-e artist, kabuki, Go, ukiyo-e, Utagawa school…art-name
Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese: 歌川豐國), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his "gō"...
Yokoyama Taikan

Yokoyama Taikan

male, deceased (1958)
art-name, taisho, Showa period, meiji, meiji period, Taisho period
was the pseudonym of a major figure in Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japanese painting. He is notable for helping create the Japanese...
Torii Kiyonaga

Torii Kiyonaga

male, deceased (1815)
edo, ukiyo-e, Go, Bijinga, Ukiyo-e artist, art-name
Torii Kiyonaga was a Japanese "ukiyo-e" printmaker and painter of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, he...
Shimomura Kanzan

Shimomura Kanzan

male, deceased (1930)
emaki, Yoroboshi, Buddhist, Buddhism, gold leaf, Showa period…art-name, Tokyo Art School
was the pseudonym of a nihonga painter in Meiji through to the early Showa period Japan. His real name was Shimomura Seizaburō. Kanzan was born in 1...
Torii Kiyomitsu

Torii Kiyomitsu

male, deceased (1785)
ukiyo-e, kabuki, Go, Bijinga, Ukiyo-e artist, art-name
Torii Kiyomitsu was a painter and printmaker of the Torii school of Japanese "ukiyo-e" art; the son of Torii Kiyonobu II or Torii Kiyomasu II, he...

Falcoon

male
illustrator, Hiroaki, Tatsuhiko Kanaoka, KOF Maximum Impact, KOF Maximum Impact 2, The King of Fighters XII…art-name
Tatsuhiko Kanaoka, better known by the art-name Falcoon, is a Japanese artist working for SNK Playmore. He has been involved in several iterations...
Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

male, deceased (1924)
From Kyoto, art-name, bunjinga, nihonga, Chinese philosophy, hokkaido
was the pseudonym for a painter and calligrapher in Meiji period Japan. He is regarded as the last major artist in the "Bunjinga" tradition and one...
Kaburagi Kiyokata

Kaburagi Kiyokata

male, deceased (1972)
painter, taisho, Showa period, Japanese, From Tokyo, nihonga…art-name
(31 August 1878 – 2 March 1972) was the pseudonym of a Nihonga artist and the leading master of the bijinga genre in Taisho and Showa period Ja...
Takeuchi Seihō

Takeuchi Seihō

male, deceased (1942)
art-name, nihonga, kyoto, meiji, Japanese, From Kyoto
was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter of the "nihonga" genre, active from the Meiji through the early Showa era. One of the founders of...
Kawai Gyokudō

Kawai Gyokudō

male, deceased (1957)
Bunten, Bosetsu, landscape painting, Yuku haru, Showa period, meiji…art-name, Japan Fine Art Academy, Gyokudo Art Museum
was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Showa period Japan. His real name was Kawai Yoshisaburō. G...