List of Japanese artists - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. For information on those who work primarily in film, television, advertising, manga, anime, video games, or performance arts, please see the relevant respective articles.

Heian and Kamakura periods

Name	Life	Comments
Kose Kanaoka	9th century	Painter of landscapes and portraits, proponent of T'ang Dynasty Chinese styles and methods
Fujiwara Takanobu Fujiwara Takanobu Fujiwara Takanobu was one of the leading Japanese portrait artists of his day.Takanobu was born in Kyoto, and was the half-brother of Fujiwara Sadaie, one of Japan’s greatest poets. Takanobu specialized in nise-e portraits, except instead of painting on small-size paper Takanobu painted on...	1142–1205	Nise-e Nise-e Nise-e , or "likeness pictures," were a style of portraiture popular in the courts and intellectual circles of Japan's Kamakura period. Court officials, poets and intellectuals, and other prominent figures, would be portrayed in such a way as to capture the essence and personality of the individual... Painter
Fujiwara Nobuzane Fujiwara Nobuzane Fujiwara Nobuzane was one of the leading Japanese portrait artists of his day.Nobuzane was born in Kyoto, and was the son of Fujiwara Takanobu. He is also one of Japan’s greatest portrait artists. Takanobu specialized in nise-e portraits. Of his works that have survived, the most notable is The...	1176–1265	Nise-e Nise-e Nise-e , or "likeness pictures," were a style of portraiture popular in the courts and intellectual circles of Japan's Kamakura period. Court officials, poets and intellectuals, and other prominent figures, would be portrayed in such a way as to capture the essence and personality of the individual... Painter, son of Fujiwara Takanobu Fujiwara Takanobu Fujiwara Takanobu was one of the leading Japanese portrait artists of his day.Takanobu was born in Kyoto, and was the half-brother of Fujiwara Sadaie, one of Japan’s greatest poets. Takanobu specialized in nise-e portraits, except instead of painting on small-size paper Takanobu painted on...

Sculptors

Name	Life	Comments	Reference
Tori Busshi Tori Busshi Tori Busshi was a Japanese sculptor active in the late 6th and early 7th century. He was from the Kuratsukuri clan, and his full title was Shiba no Kuratsukuri-be no Obito Tori Busshi ; Busshi is a title meaning "the maker of Buddhist images"...	late 6th to early 7th centuries	Busshi Busshi A Busshi is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues.- List of Busshi :* Tori Busshi* Jōchō* Unkei* Kaikei* Enkū... , patron sculptor to Shōtoku Taishi Prince Shotoku , also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat... and Soga no Umako Soga no Umako was the son of Soga no Iname and a member of the powerful Soga clan of Japan.Umako conducted political reforms with Prince Shōtoku during the rules of Emperor Bidatsu and Empress Suiko and established the Soga clan's stronghold in the government by having his daughter married with members of the...
Gechu		Sculptor
Jōchō Jocho Jōchō , also known as Jōchō Busshi, was a Japanese sculptor of the Heian period. He popularized the yosegi technique of sculpting a single figure out of many pieces of wood, and he redefined the canon used to create Buddhist imagery. His style spread across Japan and defined Japanese sculpture for...	d. 1057	Busshi Busshi A Busshi is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues.- List of Busshi :* Tori Busshi* Jōchō* Unkei* Kaikei* Enkū... ; popularized yosegi Yosegi is a type of traditional Japanese parquetry which originated in Japan’s culturally rich Edo Period. It has been increasingly well reputed in foreign countries. The mosaic work is made by making best use of natural fine grains and textures of wood... technique of carving one figure from many pieces of wood
Kaikei Kaikei Kaikei was a Japanese Busshi of Kamakura period, known alongside Unkei. Because many busshi of the school have a name including kei , his school is called Kei-ha . Kaikei being also called Anna-dabutsu, his style is called Anna-miyou and is known to be intelligent, pictorial and delicate...	mid-to-late 12th century	Busshi Busshi A Busshi is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues.- List of Busshi :* Tori Busshi* Jōchō* Unkei* Kaikei* Enkū... founder of the Kei school Kei school The ' was a Japanese school of Buddhist sculpture which emerged in the early Kamakura period . Based in Nara, it was the dominant school in Buddhist sculpture in Japan into the 14th century, and remained influential until the 19th...
Jōkei Jokei (sculptor) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. Aside from his artwork, Jōkei left little record of his life, so sorting out the details of his biography is difficult...	late 12th century	Busshi Busshi A Busshi is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues.- List of Busshi :* Tori Busshi* Jōchō* Unkei* Kaikei* Enkū... of the Kei school Kei school The ' was a Japanese school of Buddhist sculpture which emerged in the early Kamakura period . Based in Nara, it was the dominant school in Buddhist sculpture in Japan into the 14th century, and remained influential until the 19th...
Unkei Unkei Unkei was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He specialized in statues of the Buddha and other important Buddhist figures. Unkei's early works are fairly traditional, similar in style to pieces by his father, Kōkei...	1151–1223	Busshi Busshi A Busshi is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues.- List of Busshi :* Tori Busshi* Jōchō* Unkei* Kaikei* Enkū... of the Kei school Kei school The ' was a Japanese school of Buddhist sculpture which emerged in the early Kamakura period . Based in Nara, it was the dominant school in Buddhist sculpture in Japan into the 14th century, and remained influential until the 19th...
Tankei Tankei Tankei was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He was the student of and son of the master sculptor Unkei.-Famous Works:...	1173–1256	Busshi Busshi A Busshi is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues.- List of Busshi :* Tori Busshi* Jōchō* Unkei* Kaikei* Enkū... of the Kei school Kei school The ' was a Japanese school of Buddhist sculpture which emerged in the early Kamakura period . Based in Nara, it was the dominant school in Buddhist sculpture in Japan into the 14th century, and remained influential until the 19th...
Kōkei	active 1175–1200	Busshi Busshi A Busshi is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues.- List of Busshi :* Tori Busshi* Jōchō* Unkei* Kaikei* Enkū... head of the Kei school Kei school The ' was a Japanese school of Buddhist sculpture which emerged in the early Kamakura period . Based in Nara, it was the dominant school in Buddhist sculpture in Japan into the 14th century, and remained influential until the 19th... during reconstruction of Tōdai-ji Todai-ji , is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall , the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu . The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the ... and Kōfuku-ji Kofuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school and is one of the eight Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.-History:...
Hidari Jingorō Hidari Jingoro was a possibly fictitious Japanese artist, sculptor and carpenter. Although various studies suggest he was active in the early Edo period , there are controversies about the historical existence of the person. Jingorō is believed to have created many famous deity sculptures located throughout...	active 1596–1644	Painter, sculptor and carver, his works include many of the carvings at Nikkō Tōshō-gū Nikko Tosho-gu is a Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the "Shrines and Temples of Nikkō", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Tōshō-gū is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Initially built in 1617, during the Edo period, while Ieyasu's son Hidetada...
Naitō Toyomasa Naito Toyomasa was a noted Japanese sculptor of netsuke from Tamba Province. He was thus associated with the Tamba school. His works often depicts animals.-External links and references:**Naito Toyomasa, Parts I & II by Kazutoyo Ichimichi...	1773–1856	Sculptor of netsuke Netsuke Netsuke are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function...	http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=browse&dept=japan&method=artist&searchtype=2&term=Naito%20Toyomasa%20%28Artist%29

Pottery and ceramics

Name	Life	Comments	Reference
Hamada Shōji	1894–1978	Potter, declared a Living National Treasure in 1955
Jun Kaneko Jun Kaneko is a Japanese ceramic artist living in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States. In 1942 he was born in Nagoya, Japan, where he studied painting during his high school years. He came to the United States in 1963 to continue those studies at Chouinard Institute of Art when his focus was drawn to...	Born 1942	Potter and Ceramics artist

Sumi-e (Ink Painting)

Name	Life	Comments	Reference
Josetsu Josetsu was one of the first suiboku style Zen Japanese painters in the Muromachi Period . He was probably also a teacher of Tenshō Shūbun at the Shōkoku-ji monastery in Kyoto. A Chinese immigrant, he was naturalised in 1370 and is known as 'the father of Japanese ink painting'...	1405–1423	Suiboku painter, likely a teacher of Tenshō Shūbun
Tenshō Shūbun	1414–1463	Sumi-e painter
Sesshū Tōyō Sesshu Toyo was the most prominent Japanese master of ink and wash painting from the middle Muromachi period. He was born into the samurai Oda family , then brought up and educated to become a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest...	1420–1506	Associated with Sumi-e	http://www.artnet.com/library/08/0859/T085938.asp
Shingei Shingei Shingei , also called Geiami or Shingei Geiami , was a Japanese painter and artist in the Muromachi period in the service of the Ashikaga shoguns. Born into a family of renowned artists and curators , he succeeded his father Shinno as the curator of the Ashikaga art collection and became a...	1431–1485	Also known as Geiami, yamato-e Yamato-e Yamato-e is a style of Japanese painting inspired by Tang Dynasty paintings and developed in the late Heian period. It is considered the classical Japanese style... ink painter
Soami Soami was a painter and landscape artist in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate who is claimed to have designed the rock garden of the Ginkaku-ji. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sōami's paintings were in the style of China's Southern School; some of his greatest pieces covered over twenty panels,...	d. 1525	Painter and landscape artist; one of the first nanga painters
Yosa Buson Yosa Buson was a Japanese poet and painter from the Edo period. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period. Buson was born in the village of Kema in Settsu Province...	1716–1784	Painter who perfected the nanga style, also a renowned poet
Ike no Taiga Ike no Taiga was a Japanese painter and calligrapher born in Kyoto during the Edo period. Together with Yosa Buson, he perfected the bunjinga genre. The majority of his works reflected his passion for classical Chinese culture and painting techniques, though he also incorporated revolutionary and modern...	1723–1776	Painter who perfected the nanga style

Kanō School

Name	Life	Comments
Kanō Masanobu Kano Masanobu was the chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and is generally considered the founder of the Kanō school of painting.The Kanō school was a style of painting that maintained dominance over 400 years from Masanobu's time up through the Meiji Restoration...	1434–1530	Founder of the Kanō School Kano school The ' is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting until the Meiji period.It was founded by Kanō Masanobu , a contemporary of Sesshū and student of Shūbun... , chief painter to Ashikaga shogunate Ashikaga shogunate The , also known as the , was a Japanese feudal military regime, ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga clan.This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from Muromachi Street of Kyoto where the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu established his residence... during his time
Kanō Motonobu Kano Motonobu Kanō Motonobu was a Japanese painter. He was a member of the Kanō school of painting.Kano Motonobu's father was Kanō Masanobu, the founder of the Kanō school....	1476–1559	Painter of the Kanō School Kano school The ' is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting until the Meiji period.It was founded by Kanō Masanobu , a contemporary of Sesshū and student of Shūbun... , son of Kanō Masanobu Kano Masanobu was the chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and is generally considered the founder of the Kanō school of painting.The Kanō school was a style of painting that maintained dominance over 400 years from Masanobu's time up through the Meiji Restoration...
Kanō Eitoku Kano Eitoku was a Japanese painter who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history and one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting...	1543–1590	Painter, re-founder of the Kanō school Kano school The ' is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting until the Meiji period.It was founded by Kanō Masanobu , a contemporary of Sesshū and student of Shūbun...
Kanō Mitsunobu Kano Mitsunobu Kanō Mitsunobu was the son of Kanō Eitoku, and an influential artist of the Kanō school of Japanese painting.Scholars disagree on the year of Mitsunobu's birth, placing it in either 1561 or 1565. The earliest record of his involvement on any major project was in conjunction with his father's...	d. 1608	Son of Eitoku, inherited Kanō school Kano school The ' is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting until the Meiji period.It was founded by Kanō Masanobu , a contemporary of Sesshū and student of Shūbun... after his father's death
Kanō Tan'yū Kano Tanyu was one of the foremost Japanese painters of the Kanō school. His original given name was Morinobu; he was the eldest son of Kanō Takanobu and grandson of Kanō Eitoku. Many of the most famous and widely known Kanō works today are by Tan'yū....	1602–1674	Prominent Kanō school Kano school The ' is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting until the Meiji period.It was founded by Kanō Masanobu , a contemporary of Sesshū and student of Shūbun... painter, official painter to the Tokugawa shogunate Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...
Kanō Hōgai Kano Hogai was a 19th century Japanese painter of the Kanō school. One of the last of the Kanō painters, Hōgai's works reflect the deep traditions of the school, but also at times show hints of experimentation with Western methods and styles...	1828–1888	Among the last of the Kanō school Kano school The ' is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting until the Meiji period.It was founded by Kanō Masanobu , a contemporary of Sesshū and student of Shūbun... painters, incorporated Western stylistic elements
Hashimoto Gahō Hashimoto Gaho was a Japanese painter, one of the last to paint in the style of the Kanō school.Born in Edo, he studied painting under Kanō Shōsen'in, and was influenced as well by the work of Kanō Hōgai. He created many works in the traditional style of the Kanō school, using color & gold, or otherwise...	1835–1908	Among the last of the Kanō school Kano school The ' is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting until the Meiji period.It was founded by Kanō Masanobu , a contemporary of Sesshū and student of Shūbun... painters, chief professor of painting at two schools

Rimpa School

Name	Life	Comments
Hon'ami Kōetsu Honami Koetsu was a Japanese craftsman, potter, lacquerer, and calligrapher, whose work is generally considered to have inspired the founding of the Rinpa school of painting.-Early life:...	1558–1637	Painter, co-founder of the Rimpa school Rimpa school , is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. It was created in 17th century Kyoto by Hon'ami Kōetsu and Tawaraya Sōtatsu...
Tawaraya Sōtatsu Tawaraya Sotatsu was a Japanese artist and also the co-founder of the Rimpa school of Japanese painting. Sōtatsu began to work as a fan-painter in Kyoto. Later, he rose to work for the court as a producer of fine decorated papers for calligraphy. He was highly influenced by Kyoto’s courtly culture...	d. 1643	Painter, co-founder of the Rimpa school Rimpa school , is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. It was created in 17th century Kyoto by Hon'ami Kōetsu and Tawaraya Sōtatsu...
Ogata Kōrin Ogata Korin was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school.-Early life:Kōrin was born in Kyoto, to a wealthy merchant who had a taste for the arts and is said to have given his son some elementary instruction therein...	1657–1716	Painter and lacquerer, major figure in the Rimpa school Rimpa school , is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. It was created in 17th century Kyoto by Hon'ami Kōetsu and Tawaraya Sōtatsu...
Ogata Kenzan Ogata Kenzan , originally , and also known by the pseudonym Shisui, was a Japanese potter and painter, a younger brother of Ogata Korin. He was born in Kyoto in a rich marchant family and died in Edo . He had learned after the famous potter NONOMURA NINNSEI and made his own kiln. Since in 1712 a nobleman...	1663–1743	Painter and potter, major figure in the Rimpa school Rimpa school , is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. It was created in 17th century Kyoto by Hon'ami Kōetsu and Tawaraya Sōtatsu...
Sakai Hōitsu Sakai Hoitsu was a Japanese painter of the Rimpa school. He is famous for reviving the style and popularity of Ogata Kōrin, and for creating a number of reproductions of Kōrin's work.-Family background:...	1761–1828	Painter, associated with the Rimpa school Rimpa school , is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. It was created in 17th century Kyoto by Hon'ami Kōetsu and Tawaraya Sōtatsu...
Kamisaka Sekka Kamisaka Sekka was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan. Born in Kyoto to a Samurai family, his talents for art and design were recognized early. He eventually allied himself with the traditional Rimpa school of art. He is considered the last great proponent of this artistic tradition...	1866–1942	The most recent painting master of the Rimpa school Rimpa school , is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. It was created in 17th century Kyoto by Hon'ami Kōetsu and Tawaraya Sōtatsu... and craftsman

Tosa School

Name	Life	Comments	Reference
Iwasa Matabei Iwasa Matabei was a Japanese artist who specialized in genre scenes of historical events and illustrations of classical Chinese and Japanese literature, as well as portraits. He was the son of Araki Murashige, a prominent daimyo of the Sengoku period. Matabei's work was noted for its distinctive figures, with...	1578–1650	Tosa school Tosa school The Tosa school of Japanese painting was founded in the 15th century, and was devoted to yamato-e, which are paintings specializing in subject matter and techniques derived from ancient Japanese art, as opposed to schools influenced by Chinese art.... painter of genre and historical scenes, predecessor to ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e ' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters...

Kyoto School

Name	Life	Comments
Tomioka Tessai Tomioka Tessai 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 of the first major artists of the Nihonga style. His real name was Tomioka Yusuke, which he later changed to Tomioka Hyakuren.-Early life:Tessai was born...	1836–1924	Painter and calligrapher of the Kyoto School Kyoto school (art) The Kyoto school was a collection of several styles and schools of Japanese painting of the late Edo period. Though there are many broad similarities between the styles within the school, these styles display key differences that separate them...
Maruyama Ōkyo Maruyama Okyo , born Maruyama Masataka, was a Japanese artist active in the late 18th century. He moved to Kyoto, during which he studied artworks from Chinese, Japanese and Western sources. A personal style of Western naturalism mixed with Eastern decorative design emerged, and Ōkyo founded the Maruyama school...	1733–1795	Sumi-e painter, founder of Shijō school Shijo school The Shijō school , also known as the Maruyama-Shijō school, was an offshoot school of the Maruyama school of Japanese painting founded by Maruyama Ōkyo, and his former student Matsumura Goshun in the late 18th century. This school was one of several that made up the larger Kyoto school...
Kikuchi Yōsai	1781–1878	Painter of the Kyoto, Shijō, and Maruyama schools

Nihonga Painters

Name	Life	Comments
Yokoyama Taikan Yokoyama Taikan was the pseudonym of a major figure in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting. He is notable for helping create the Japanese painting technique of Nihonga. His real name was Yokoyama Hidemaro.-Early life:...	1868–1958	Painter
Okuda Gensou Okuda Gensou Okuda Genso was one of the most famous Nihonga painters of the Showa era. He gave his name to a red pigment "Genso red".-Timeline:Okuda was born in Hiroshima prefecture, in what is now Miyoshi City...	1912–2003	Nihonga painter of the Showa era, gave his name to 'Gensou red' pigment
Junnosuke Yamamoto	1945-	Nihonga painter of the post-war era.
Goto Jin	1968-	Nihonga painter of the Heisei era.Human Beauty Beauty Beauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture... paintings.

Eccentrics and smaller schools

Name	Life	Comments
Ogura Yonesuke Itoh Ogura Yonesuke Itoh Ogura Yonesuke Itoh was a Japanese-American artist. He was born in Japan in 1870. At 25 years of age, he jumped ship in Hawaii and hid from the authorities in Punchbowl Crater. He became a member of Hawaii’s volcano school of landscape painters. Ogura is considered to be the first ethnically...	1870–1940	Japanese born painter of Hawaii's Volcano School Volcano School The Volcano School refers to a group of non-native Hawaiian artists who painted dramatic nocturnal scenes of Hawaii’s erupting volcanoes. Some of the artists also produced watercolors, which, by the nature of the medium, tended to be diurnal...
Otagaki Rengetsu Otagaki Rengetsu was a Buddhist nun who is widely regarded to have been one of the greatest Japanese poets of the 19th century. She was also a skilled potter and painter and expert calligrapher....	1791–1851	Calligrapher and poet
Hasegawa Settan Hasegawa Settan Hasegawa Settan was a Japanese painter who lived during in the late Edo period, born in Edo. Hisfirst name was Munehide , and his pseudonym Gengakusai Ichiyōsai . He was commonly called Gotō Uzaemon . His was originally a wood sculptor, and he carved the woodblocks for many ukiyo-e prints. The Edo...	d. 1843	Painter of the Hasegawa school Hasegawa school The Hasegawa school was a school of Japanese painting founded in the 16th century by Hasegawa Tōhaku and disappearing around the beginning of the 18th century.... , ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e ' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters... printmaker, and sculptor
Hasegawa Tohaku Hasegawa Tohaku was a Japanese painter and founder of the Hasegawa school of Japanese painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese history.The man known today as Hasegawa Tōhaku was born in 1539 in Nanao, a town in Noto Province to a noted local family of cloth dyers, although evidence shows that...	1539–1610	Ink painter, founder of the Hasegawa school Hasegawa school The Hasegawa school was a school of Japanese painting founded in the 16th century by Hasegawa Tōhaku and disappearing around the beginning of the 18th century....
Shibata Zeshin Shibata Zeshin was a famous and revolutionary Japanese painter and lacquerer of the late Edo period and early Meiji era. In Japan, he is ironically known as both too modern, a panderer to the Westernization movement, and also an overly conservative traditionalist who did nothing to stand out from his contemporaries...	1807–1891	Painter trained in the Kyoto School Kyoto school (art) The Kyoto school was a collection of several styles and schools of Japanese painting of the late Edo period. Though there are many broad similarities between the styles within the school, these styles display key differences that separate them... , master craftsman and innovator, particularly in lacquer Lacquer In a general sense, lacquer is a somewhat imprecise term for a clear or coloured varnish that dries by solvent evaporation and often a curing process as well that produces a hard, durable finish, in any sheen level from ultra matte to high gloss and that can be further polished as required...
Eijiro Miyama Eijiro Miyama is a Japanese outsider artist who lives in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is often referred to as due to his habit of riding his bicycle around the streets of Yokohama wearing eccentric clothing and large, elaborate hats or headgear adorned with dolls and other recycled objects.-Exhibitions:*...	1934–	Outsider art Outsider Art The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut , a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane-asylum inmates.While... ist known as the "Hat Man"

Ukiyo-e painters and printmakers

Name	Life	Comments	Reference
Hishikawa Moronobu Hishikawa Moronobu was a Japanese painter and printmaker known for his advancement of the ukiyo-e woodcut style starting in the 1670s.-Early life and training:Moronobu was the son of a well-respected dyer and a gold and silver-thread embroiderer in the village of Hodamura, Awa Province, near Edo Bay. After moving to...	1618–1694	"father of ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e ' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters...	http://www.artnet.com/library/03/0382/T038289.asp
Torii Kiyonobu I Torii Kiyonobu I was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, who is renowned for his work on Kabuki signboards and related materials. Along with his father Torii Kiyomoto, he is said to have been one of the founders of the Torii school of painting....	1664–1729	Printmaker	http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=active&q=%22Kiyonobu+I%22+%22Japanese+artist%22+-britannica&btnG=Search
Sukenobu Sukenobu , often called simply "Sukenobu", was a Japanese printmaker from Kyoto. He was unusual for a ukiyo-e in being based in the imperial capital of Kyoto. He did prints of actors, but gained note for his works concerning women...	1671–1750	printmaker	http://www.artnet.com/library/06/0625/T062580.asp
Miyagawa Chōshun Miyagawa Choshun was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style. Founder of the Miyagawa school, he and his pupils are among the few ukiyo-e artists to have never created woodblock prints. He was born in Miyagawa, in Owari province, but lived much of his later life in Edo, where he died...	1682–1752	Ukiyo-e painter, Miyagawa school
Miyagawa Shunsui Miyagawa Shunsui "Shunsui" redirects here. For the 19th c. doban artist, see Yomo Shunsui; for the writer, see Tamenaga Shunsui; for the anime character, see Shunsui Kyōraku....	fl. c. 1740-60s	Ukiyo-e painter, son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun Miyagawa Choshun was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style. Founder of the Miyagawa school, he and his pupils are among the few ukiyo-e artists to have never created woodblock prints. He was born in Miyagawa, in Owari province, but lived much of his later life in Edo, where he died...
Miyagawa Isshō Miyagawa Issho Miyagawa Isshō was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style, primarily depicting kabuki actors, geisha, sumo wrestlers, and other elements of everyday urban culture. He was a pupil of Miyagawa Chōshun , who, in turn, was influenced by the works of Hishikawa Moronobu...	mid-18th century	Painter, student of Miyagawa Chōshun Miyagawa Choshun was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style. Founder of the Miyagawa school, he and his pupils are among the few ukiyo-e artists to have never created woodblock prints. He was born in Miyagawa, in Owari province, but lived much of his later life in Edo, where he died...
Okumura Masanobu Okumura Masanobu was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijinga...	1686–1764	Printmaker, Torii school Torii school This article is about a school of ukiyo-e art; for the sculpture style, see Tori style. For the Torii samurai clan, see Torii family.The Torii school was a school of ukiyo-e painting and printing founded in Edo... initially	http://www.artnet.com/library/06/0633/T063384.asp
Toriyama Sekien Toriyama Sekien thumb\|200px\| was an 18th century scholar and ukiyo-e artist of Japanese folklore. He was the teacher of Utamaro and, before taking up printmaking, a painter of the Kanō school. Toriyama is most famous for his attempt to catalogue all species of yōkai in the Hyakki Yakō series.-References:...	1712–1788	Printmaker, teacher of Utamaro Utamaro was a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints . His name was romanized as Outamaro. He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga...
Suzuki Harunobu Suzuki Harunobu was a Japanese woodblock print artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety of...	1724–1770	Printmaker	http://www.artnet.com/library/08/0825/T082509.asp
Katsukawa Shunshō Katsukawa Shunsho was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunshō studied under Miyagawa Shunsui, son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun, both equally famous and talented ukiyo-e artists. Shunshō is most well known for introducing a new form of...	1726–1792	Printmaker, leading figure in the Katsukawa school	http://www.artnet.com/library/04/0459/T045996.asp
Sharaku Sharaku is widely considered to be one of the great masters of the woodblock printing in Japan. Little is known of him, besides his ukiyo-e prints; neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known with any certainty...	d. 1801	One of the greatest and most mysterious ukiyo-e printmakers; career spanned only ten months	http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/toshusai_sharaku.html
Kitao Shigemasa Kitao Shigemasa was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist from Edo. He was one of the leading printmakers of his day, but his works have been slightly obscure. He is noted for paintings of geisha. He was taught by Shigenaga and has been referred to as "a chameleon" who adopted to changing styles. He was less active after the...	1739–1820	Printmaker-Founder of Kitao school of ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e ' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters...	http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/1787/shigemasa.html&date=2009-10-25+16:09:11
Torii Kiyonaga Torii Kiyonaga This article is about the ukiyo-e artist; for samurai named Kiyonaga, see Naito Kiyonaga and Koriki Kiyonaga. was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker and painter of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art-name...	1752–1815	Printmaker, Fourth titular head of the Torii school	http://www.adachi-hanga.com/hp_english/en_artists-profiles_kiyonaga.htm
Utamaro Utamaro was a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints . His name was romanized as Outamaro. He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga...	1753–1806	Printmaker, Painter
Koryusai Koryusai Isoda Koryusai was a Japanese printmaker and painter active from approximately 1764 to 1788.The details of his life are under some dispute. He apparently came from a samurai background. One theory stated he became a ronin and was forced to turn to art, but another says he voluntarily gave up the...	1735–1790	Printmaker	http://www.kimbellart.org/database/index.cfm?detail=yes&ID=AP%201984.23
Hokusai Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting...	1760–1849	Ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e ' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters... painter, woodblock print artist, Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji 36 Views of Mount Fuji (Hokusai) is an ukiyo-e series of large, color woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai . The series depicts Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of different places and distances. It actually consists of 46 prints created between 1826 and 1833...
Toyokuni Toyokuni Utagawa Toyokuni , also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō after he died, was a great master of ukiyo-e, known in particular for his Kabuki actor prints...	1769–1825	Printmaker, associated with the Utagawa school Utagawa school The was a group of Japanese woodblock print artists, founded by Toyoharu. His pupil, Toyokuni I, took over after Toyoharu's death and raised the group to become the most famous and powerful woodblock print school for the remainder of the 19th century....
Utagawa Kunimasa Utagawa Kunimasa was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker and student of Utagawa Toyokuni. Originally from Aizu in Iwashiro province, he first worked in a dye shop upon arriving in Edo...	1773–1810	Printmaker	http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/u/utagawa_kunimasa,_the_actor_ic.aspx
Toyohiro Toyohiro , birth name Okajima Tōjiro , was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and painter. He was a member of the Utagawa school and studied under Utagawa Toyoharu, the school's founder...	1773–1828	Printmaker and painter of the Utagawa school Utagawa school The was a group of Japanese woodblock print artists, founded by Toyoharu. His pupil, Toyokuni I, took over after Toyoharu's death and raised the group to become the most famous and powerful woodblock print school for the remainder of the 19th century.... , teacher of Hiroshige Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige ....
Hiroshige Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige ....	1797–1858	Ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e ' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters... painter and woodblock print artist, Sixty-nine Stations on the Kiso Kaidō, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and 100 Famous Views of Edo
Shunchō		Printmaker
Bunrō		Printmaker
Konishi Hirosada Konishi Hirosada Konishi Hirosada , also known as Gosōtei Hirosada, was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka. His artist name was originally Sadahiro , but he changed the sequence of syllables in 1847...	1810–1864	Printmaker of the Osaka school	http://www.artelino.com/articles/hirosada.asp
Soseki	1822–1877	Printmaker
Utagawa Kunisada II Utagawa Kunisada II Utagawa Kunisada II was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker, one of three to take the name "Utagawa Kunisada."A pupil of Utagawa Kunisada I, he signed much of his early work "Baidō Kunimasa III." He took the name Kunisada after marrying his master's eldest daughter in 1846. He changed his name once more...	1823–1880	Printmaker of the Utagawa school Utagawa school The was a group of Japanese woodblock print artists, founded by Toyoharu. His pupil, Toyokuni I, took over after Toyoharu's death and raised the group to become the most famous and powerful woodblock print school for the remainder of the 19th century....
Hokuei Shunbaisai Hokuei Shunbaisai Hokuei , who is also known as Shunkō III, was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka who was active from about 1824 to 1837. He was a student of Shunkōsai Hokushū. Hokuei’s prints most often portray the kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II, and the quality of these...		Printmaker
Yoshifuji	1828–1887	Printmaker
Kunimasu		Printmaker
Kawanabe Kyosai	1831–1889	Student of Kuniyoshi, first Japanese political cartoonist Editorial cartoon An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration containing a commentary that usually relates to current events or personalities....
Toyohara Kunichika	1835–1900	Printmaker known for actor prints	http://www.ohmigallery.com/Gallery/Kunichika/Kunichika.htm
Fusatane		Printmaker
Kunikazu		Printmaker
Enjaku		Printmaker
Yamamoto Shōun Yamamoto Shoun , who is also known as Matsutani Shōun, was a Japanese print designer, painter, and illustrator. He was born in Kōchi, Kōchi into a family of retainers of the Shogun and was given the name Mosaburo. As a teenager, he studied Kanō school painting with Yanagimoto Doso and Kawada Shoryu. At about...	1870–1965	Printmaker
Yoshitoshi Yoshitoshi Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was a Japanese artist.He is widely recognized as the last great master of Ukiyo-e, a type of Japanese woodblock printing. He is additionally regarded as one of the form's greatest innovators. His career spanned two eras – the last years of feudal Japan, and the first years of...	1839–1892	Printmaker, one of the last great masters of ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e ' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters...	http://www.sinister-designs.com/graphicarts/yoshitoshi.html

Modern Artists

Name	Life	Comments	Reference
Koun Takamura Koun Takamura was a Japanese sculptor.He created the bronze statue of Saigō Takamori, completed in 1898, which stands in Ueno Park in Tokyo.He was the father of the poet and sculptor Kōtarō Takamura.-References:* *...	1851–1934	Father of Kotaro Takamura Kotaro Takamura was a Japanese poet and sculptor.-Biography:Kōtarō was the son of Takamura Kōun, a renowned Japanese sculptor.He graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1902, where he studied sculpture... , sculptor of Ueno Park Ueno Park is a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It occupies the site of the former Kan'ei-ji, a temple closely associated with the Tokugawa shoguns, who had built the temple to guard Edo Castle against the north-east, then considered an unlucky direction... statue of Saigō Takamori Saigo Takamori was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. He has been dubbed the last true samurai.-Early life:...
Kuroda Seiki Kuroda Seiki Viscount was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter and teacher, noted for bringing Western theories about art to a wide Japanese audience. He was among the leaders of the yōga movement in late 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese painting...	1866–1924	Painter who introduced impressionism Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s... to Japan
Kume Keiichiro Kume Keiichiro was a Japanese painter of Meiji to Shōwa periods. His father was Kume Kunitake, a historian.Born in Hizen , he studied abroad in Paris, learning techniques from Raphaël Collin in the Académie Colarossi. He lived in Paris, Barcelona and Île-de-Bréhat before going back to Japan in 1893. Back in...	1866–1934	Impressionist painter Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s... trained in France
Toyozo Arakawa Toyozo Arakawa was a well known Japanese ceramic potter.He lived and worked in Mino, near Nagoya. He was given the title "Living National Treasure" in 1955. In 1930 he discovered shards at the site of the ruins of an ogama style kiln at Mutabora proving that that Shino and Oribe glazed work of the Momoyama and...	1874–1985	Well-known ceramic painter
Tama Kiyohara Kiyohara Tama , also known as , , or was a Japanese painter who spent most of her life in the Sicilian city of Palermo. Her maiden name was .-Biography:...	1861–1939	Western-style painter, wife of sculptor Vincenzo Ragusa, who lived 52 years in Sicily. Also known as Eleonora Ragusa
Kotaro Takamura Kotaro Takamura was a Japanese poet and sculptor.-Biography:Kōtarō was the son of Takamura Kōun, a renowned Japanese sculptor.He graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1902, where he studied sculpture...	1883–1956	Sculptor and poet, combining Western styles with Japanese tradition
Rosanjin Rosanjin was a calligrapher, ceramicist and restaurateur in Japan during the first half of the 20th century. Born in the village of Kamigano he founded the Bishoku Club in 1921. It became a private restaurant. The Great Tokyo earthquake of 1923 destroyed most of his ceramics collection, and he began...	1883–1959	Calligrapher, ceramicist and restaurateur
Tsuguharu Foujita Tsuguharu Foujita was a painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings.- Education :In 1910 when he was twenty-four years old Foujita graduated from what is now the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music....	1886–1968	Painter and engraver, applied French oil painting techniques to traditional Japanese painting
Kawai Kanjirō Kawai Kanjiro was a Japanese potter and a key figure in mingei and studio pottery movements, which included his friends Bernard Leach, Shōji Hamada and Kenkichi Tomimoto....	1890–1966	Potter and a key figure in mingei (Japanese folk art) and studio pottery movements
Yasuo Kuniyoshi Yasuo Kuniyoshi was an American painter, photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, Japan.He migrated to America in 1906, a year later began studying at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. In 1935 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. He taught at the Art Students League of New York in New York City...	1893–1953	Migrated to New York from Japan in 1906. Well known for his paintings related to Social Realism Social realism Social Realism, also known as Socio-Realism, is an artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts social and racial injustice, economic hardship, through unvarnished pictures of life's struggles; often depicting working class activities as heroic...
Kaita Murayama	1896–1919	Painter, known primarily for his work as an author
Minoru Ohira Minoru Ohira Minoru Ohira is an artist who was born in Niigata, Japan. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kanazawa City Arts and Crafts College in 1975 and a Masters in Art Education from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1977. From 1979 to 1981, he continued his education at the Mexico National...	born 1950	Japanese-born artist in California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Kenzo Okada Kenzo Okada Kenzo Okada was a Japanese-born American painter.According to Michelle Stuart, “when Okada came to the United States he was already a mature painter, well considered in his native Japan...	1902–1982	Abstract expressionist painter in New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... and Japan
Shiko Munakata Shiko Munakata , was a woodblock printmaker active in Shōwa period Japan. He is associated with the sosaku hanga movement and the mingei movement. Munakata was awarded the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952...	1903–1975	Woodcut artist, painter, and calligrapher
Koiso Ryouhei Koiso Ryouhei was a Japanese artist. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts western art department in 1927 and had a successful career from early on...	1903–1988	Painter of World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... military scenes
Isamu Noguchi Isamu Noguchi was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public works, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces,...	1904–1988	Sculptor	http://www.noguchi.org/
Jiro Yoshihara Jiro Yoshihara Jiro Yoshihara was a Japanese painter. He is in most sources named as the founder of the Gutai group in 1954. Yoshihara wrote the "Gutai Manifesto" in 1956. This leader of the "Gutai" group - a group of internationally acclaimed avant-garde artists representative of Japan's post-war art world...	1905–1972	Founding member of Gutai group Gutai group The Gutai group was an artistic movement and association of artists founded by Jiro Yoshihara in Japan in 1954...
Taro Yashima Taro Yashima was the pseudonym of , a Japanese artist.He was born in Nejime, Kagoshima in 1908. After studying for three years at the Imperial Art Academy in Tokyo, he became a successful illustrator and cartoonist before going to jail because of his opposition to the militaristic government...	1908–1994	Children's book Illustrator and Author
Itchiku Kubota Itchiku Kubota was a Japanese textile artist. He was most famous for reviving and modernizing a lost late-15th- to early-16th-century textile-dyeing and decorating technique called tsujigahana ....	Born 1917	Textile Artist	http://www.civilization.ca/cultur/kimonos/kimo5eng.html
Michio Ihara Michio Ihara Michio Ihara is a Japanese kinetic sculptor, educated in Japan who was influenced by the work of George Rickey. His works have been on display at the Rockefeller Center in New York and other international venues.-External links:**...	Born 1928	Sculptor	http://www.decordova.org/decordova/sculp_park/ihara.html
Tsunehisa Kimura Tsunehisa Kimura Tsunehisa Kimura was a Japanese artist who created works using photomontage. His montages often contain themes of surreal urban destruction and chaos, or juxtaposition of man-made monuments and natural phenomena....	Born 1928	Photomontage Photomontage Photomontage is the process and result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining a number of other photographs. The composite picture was sometimes photographed so that the final image is converted back into a seamless photographic print. A similar method, although one that does not... artist
Shozo Shimamoto Shozo Shimamoto Shozo Shimamoto, born in Osaka in 1928, is a Japanese artist. He was an early member of the avant garde Gutai group founded in the 1950s, and his works are in museum collections such as those of the Tate Gallery and the Tate Modern and the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe, Japan...	Born 1928	Gutai group artist
Tezuka Osamu	1928–1989	Famous manga artist with works like Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion Kimba the White Lion , known in the United States as Kimba the White Lion, is an anime series from the 1960s. Created by Osamu Tezuka and based on his manga of the same title which began publication in 1950, it was the first color animated television series created in Japan. The manga was first published in serialized...	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856804/bio
Yayoi Kusama Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist whose paintings, collages, soft sculptures, performance art and environmental installations all share an obsession with repetition, pattern, and accumulation...	Born 1929	Conceptual Artist. Self-described "obsessive artist"	http://www.fantasyarts.net/Yayoi_Kusama_artwork.htm
Minoru Niizuma Minoru Niizuma was a Japanese abstract sculptor. He graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1955, and from 1954 through 1958 he exhibited with the Modern Art Association. Niizuma moved to New York in 1959, and from 1964 through 1970 he was an instructor at the Brooklyn Museum Art...	1930–1998	Abstract sculptor
On Kawara On Kawara is a Japanese conceptual artist living in New York City since 1965. He has shown in many solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976.-Early life:After graduating from Kariya High School in 1951, Kawara moved to Tokyo...	Born 1933	Conceptual Artist
Yoko Ono Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...	Born 1933	Conceptual and performance artist, singer, and widow of John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
Morino Hiroaki Morino Hiroaki Hiroaki Morino Tamei is a Japanese potter from Kyoto born in 1934. His father, Morino Kako , was also a potter. In the 1960s he taught pottery at the University of Chicago. His works have been displayed at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, in New York City, and in his...	Born 1934	Potter	http://www.museum.cornell.edu/HFJ/handbook/hb79.html
Shusaku Arakawa Shusaku Arakawa was a Japanese artist and architect. He had a personal and artistic partnership with writer and artist Madeline Gins that spanned more than four decades.-Life:...	1936–2010	Abstract painter and Architect, from Tokyo, living in New York since 1961
Hiroshi Tomihari Hiroshi Tomihari is a Japanese artist specializing in modern moku hanga woodblock prints. He turned to the medium in 1959, about two years after his graduation from Ibaraki University. He has since had numerous exhibitions in Japan, the U.S., and Australia. In 1978-79, the Japanese Ministry of Culture sent him to...	Born 1936	Woodcut printmaker
Kanda Nissho Kanda Nissho Kanda Nisshō was a Japanese artist and farmer. He is mostly known for his oil paintings.Kanda was born in Nerima, Tokyo, in 1937. At the age of eight he and his family relocated to Shikaoi Town, Tokachi, Hokkaidō as part of wartime evacuations...	1937–1970	Farmer and painter of agricultural scenes	http://www.town.shikaoi.hokkaido.jp/kanda/
Michiko Suganuma Michiko Suganuma Michiko Suganuma is a leading Kamakura-bori artist from Japan. She is the only Japanese female to have presented her collection at exhibitions of National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne...	Born 1940	Urushi lacquer artist, coating original technique to traditional Japanese-urushi	http://lacquer.tafejapan.com
Kiyoto Ota Kiyoto Ota is a Japanese-Mexican sculptor.Kiyoto Ota studied at* the School of Democratic Art of the Japanese Artistic Association in Tokyo * the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" of the INBA...	Born 1948	Japanese Japanese people The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries... -Mexican Mexican people Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity.... sculptor
Ryosuke Cohen Ryosuke Cohen is a mail artist. He was responsible for the Brain Cell mail art project, which he began in June of 1985 and retains thousands of members in more than 80 countries, e.g. Hans Braumüller, Theo Breuer, Michael Leigh or Litsa Spathi. In August 2001 he began the Fractal Portrait Project...	Born 1948	Mail art Mail art Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art through the international postal system. Mail Art is also known as Postal Art or Correspondence Art... ist
Naohisa Inoue Naohisa Inoue is a fantasy artist influenced by both the Surrealism and Impressionism movements. Most of his paintings are set in the fantastical land of . He created reference and background art for the Studio Ghibli film Whisper of the Heart and also provided a cameo appearance as the voice of Minami...	Born 1948	Surrealist painter of fantasy lands
Jin Homura Jin Homura Jin Homura is a prominent painter in Japan. He works in oil paints, using the primary colors of red, yellow, and blue.-External links:*...	Born 1948	Oil painter, primarily in primary colors	http://www.rd.mmtr.or.jp/~j-homura/
Rey Morimura	Born 1948	Printmaker, primarily woodblock Woodblock printing in Japan Woodblock printing in Japan is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre; however, it was also used very widely for printing books in the same period. Woodblock printing had been used in China for centuries to print books, long before the advent of movable type, but was only...	http://www.azumagallery.com/gallery/artists/raymorimura.html
Katsunori Hamanishi	Born 1949	Printmaker, primarily mezzotint Mezzotint Mezzotint is a printmaking process of the intaglio family, technically a drypoint method. It was the first tonal method to be used, enabling half-tones to be produced without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple...	http://www.artelino.com/articles/katsunori-hamanishi.asp
Yasumasa Morimura Yasumasa Morimura Yasumasa Morimura is a Japanese appropriation artist. He was born in Osaka and graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1978...	Born 1951	Appropriation artist
Atsuko Tsurumi Atsuko Tsurumi Atsuko Tsurumi is an artist born in 1951 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Tama Art University in 1975. Her favorite artist is Naohisa Inoue.-External links:*...	Born 1951	Surrealist and impressionist painter
Yoshitaka Amano Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese artist. He began his career as an animator and has become known for his illustrations for the anime Vampire Hunter D and for his character designs, image illustrations and title logo designs for the Final Fantasy video game series developed by Square Enix . His influences include...	Born 1952	Character designer, illustrator, printmaker, painter and sculptor
Naoyuki Kato Naoyuki Kato is a Japanese illustrator, a native of Hamamatsu City, Japan.-Illustration works:A noted science-fiction artist since the 1970s, he has contributed to many science fiction/fantasy magazines, novels and games....	Born 1953	Illustrator, focusing on mechanical designs and anime/manga concept art
Kenjiro Okazaki Kenjiro Okazaki is a Japanese visual artist whose works span several genres, including painting, sculpture , as well as landscape design and architecture. Many of his works have been featured in public collections throughout Japan and in various exhibitions around the world...	Born 1955	Painter Sculptor Architect Theorist	http://kenjirookazaki.com/
Hiroshi Senju Hiroshi Senju Hiroshi Senju is a Japanese painter known for his large scale waterfall paintings. These waterfall paintings often focus at the base of the waterfall where the falls crash into the pool below, usually cropping out the top of the falls...	Born 1958, Tokyo	Painter - modernism expressed through ancient method of Japanese painting	http://www.hiroshisenju.com/
Yoshitomo Nara Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist. He currently lives and works in Tokyo, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara received his B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. Between 1988 and 1993, Nara studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in Germany. Nara...	Born 1959	Pop art Pop art Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art... ist	http://www.assemblylanguage.com/reviews/Nara.html
Yoshiko Shimada Yoshiko Shimada is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8....	Born 1959	Printmaker and video artist
Takashi Murakami Takashi Murakami is an internationally prolific contemporary Japanese artist. He works in fine arts media—such as painting and sculpture—as well as what is conventionally considered commercial media —fashion, merchandise, and animation— and is known for blurring the line between high and low art...	Born 1962	Sculptor and painter, founder of the Superflat Superflat Superflat is a postmodern art movement, founded by the artist Takashi Murakami, which is influenced by manga and anime. It is also the name of a 2001 art exhibition, curated by Murakami, that toured West Hollywood, Minneapolis and Seattle.... movement	http://www.kaikaikiki.co.jp/
Juri Morioka	Born 1964	Abstract painter, based in New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	http://www.juri.org
Tomoko Takahashi Tomoko Takahashi Tomoko Takahashi is a Japanese artist born in Tokyo in 1966 and based in London, UK. She studied at Tama University, Goldsmiths College and the Slade School of Fine Art. She first came to attention when she won the EAST award at EASTinternational in 1997...	Born 1966	Installation artist based in London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Koji Ishikawa Koji Ishikawa (artist) is a Japanese contemporary artist. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Ishikawa received his B.F.A. 1991 from Osaka University of Arts. Ishikawa had seven solo exhibitions since 1991....	Born 1968, Osaka	Based in Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , large format works with themes of primitive energy
Junichi Kakizaki Junichi Kakizaki is a floral designer. He exhibits regularly both in Japan and internationally. Since 2006, he has mainly worked on stage decorations.-Life and career:Kakizaki was born in Nagano, Japan and has been a floral designer since 1990...	Born 1971	Sculptor and Installation artist focusing on floral design Floral design Floral design is the art of using plant materials and flowers to create a pleasing and balanced composition. Evidence of refined floristry is found as far back as the culture of Ancient Egypt....
Mori Chack Mori Chack Mori Chack is the artist name of a Japanese graphic designer, who was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He is famous for his Chax product line, and especially the character Gloomy Bear, a 2 m tall, violent, pink bear that eats humans...	Born 1973	Graphics designer
Chinatsu Ban Chinatsu Ban Chinatsu Ban is a Japanese artist.Ban is known for drawing elephant and human figures on rice paper. A sculpture, titled "V W X Yellow Elephant Underwear/H I J Kiddy Elephant", was featured in an exhibit about modern Japanese culture called Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture.Ban...	Born 1973	Painter and sculptor
Yutaka Inagawa Yutaka Inagawa Yutaka Inagawa is a Japanese artist trained in painting, line drawing and photography who specialises in exploiting digital photomontage.Born in Tokyo, Japan, he grew up in the Ikebukuro district...	Born 1974	Painter, line artist, photographer, producing digital collage
Chiho Aoshima Chiho Aoshima is a Japanese pop artist and member of Takashi Murakami's Kaikai Kiki Collective. Aoshima graduated from Department of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo. She had a residency at Art Pace, San Antonio, Texas in 2006. This young graphic artist began in Murakami’s factory with no formal art training...	Born 1974	Pop artist in the Superflat Superflat Superflat is a postmodern art movement, founded by the artist Takashi Murakami, which is influenced by manga and anime. It is also the name of a 2001 art exhibition, curated by Murakami, that toured West Hollywood, Minneapolis and Seattle.... movement	http://www.kaikaikiki.co.jp/
Aya Takano Aya Takano Aya Takano was born 1976 in Saitama, Japan. She is a Japanese pop artist associated with the Superflat movement.-Early Life and Influence:...	Born 1976	Pop artist in the Superflat Superflat Superflat is a postmodern art movement, founded by the artist Takashi Murakami, which is influenced by manga and anime. It is also the name of a 2001 art exhibition, curated by Murakami, that toured West Hollywood, Minneapolis and Seattle.... movement	http://www.kaikaikiki.co.jp/
Ayako Rokkaku	Born 1982	painter
Pinkman Pinkman Pinkman is a painter from Tokyo, Japan. He paints on a variety of mediums and is well known in the electronica/club scene in Tokyo for is engaging live painting performances...	Born 1982	Emerging Japanese painter based in Tokyo	http://www.pppppinkman.com/
Takayuki Kubota (artist) Takayuki Kubota (artist) is a Japanese artist. He was born in 1985 in Kobe, Japan. He currently lives and works in Tokyo. His interest in art began in early childhood.-Education:* Bachelor of Arts in Art and Asian Studies, Temple University* Minor in Art History, Temple University...	Born 1985	Japanese artist based in Tokyo	http://www.takayukikubota.com/

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