Josetsu

Josetsu

deceased (1423)
painter, zen, kyoto, 15th century, zen buddhism, Japanese
Josetsu (如拙)(1405-1423) was one of the first "suiboku" style Zen Japanese painters in the Muromachi Period (15th century). He was probably also a te...
Ki No Tsurayuki

Ki No Tsurayuki

male, deceased (945)
heian period, Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, 13th century, kyoto, waka, poet
was a Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period. Tsurayuki was a son of Ki no Mochiyuki. He became a waka poet in the 890s. In 905,...

Burton Watson

male, 84 years old
Stanford University, lotus sutra, Japanese, chinese, Japanese language, PEN Translation Prize…kyoto university, kyoto
Burton Watson is a translator of Chinese and Japanese literature. Watson was born in New York City, United States. He has taught at Columbia,...
Taira No Masakado

Taira No Masakado

male, deceased (940)
Shimousa, Japanese, Japanese history, emperor, taira, fujiwara…kyoto
Taira no Masakado was a member of the Kammu Taira clan of Japan. He was the son of Taira no Yoshimasa, "Chinjufu-shogun". His childhood name was...
Ogata Kenzan

Ogata Kenzan

male, deceased (1743)
Ogata Korin, Potter, pottery, tokugawa, edo, kyoto
Ogata Kenzan, originally Ogata Shinsei, and also known by the pseudonym Shisui, was a Japanese potter and painter, the brother of Ogata Korin. He...
Izumo No Okuni

Izumo No Okuni

female
Playwright, Entertainer, kyoto, kabuki, Japanese, miko
(1572?-1613) was the main founder of kabuki theater. She was believed to be a "miko" at the Grand Shrine of Izumo who began a new style of dance in...
Saichō

Saichō

male, deceased (822)
buddhist monk, kyoto, Dengyō Daishi, tendai, tea, Mt. Hiei
(767-822) was a Japanese Buddhist monk credited with founding the Tendai school in Japan, based around the Chinese Tiantai tradition he was exposed...

Savanna

female
comedian, observational humor, manzai, owarai, kombi, Kyoto prefecture…Uji, Kyoto, from Kyoto Prefecture, kyoto
Savanna are a Japanese comedy duo consisting of and. Both attended Ritsumeikan University High School and created the manzai team as a joke during...
Hiroshi Ishii

Hiroshi Ishii

male
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, computer programmer, computer scientist, kyoto, MIT Media Laboratory, Tangible Media
is a Japanese computer programmer and scientist. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ishii most recently founded...
Sakanoue No Tamuramaro

Sakanoue No Tamuramaro

male
Samurai, Hirosaki City, Kiyomizu-dera, Aomori City, hyōbukyō, Tanabata…kyoto
Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was a general and shogun of the early Heian Period of Japan. Serving Emperor Kammu, he was appointed shogun and given the...