This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the Nihonga

Nihonga

or literally "Japanese-style paintings" is a term used to describe paintings that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials...

 style.

Artists are listed by the native order of Japanese names, family name followed by given name, to ensure consistency even though some artists may be known outside of Japan by their western-ordered name.

The list is broken down into the period during which the artist was first active: Meiji

Meiji period

The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...

, Taishō

Taisho period

The , or Taishō era, is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Taishō Emperor. The health of the new emperor was weak, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of elder statesmen to the Diet...

, Shōwa

Showa period

The , or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 through January 7, 1989.The Shōwa period was longer than the reign of any previous Japanese emperor...

 and Heisei

Heisei

is the current era name in Japan. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the first day after the death of the reigning Emperor, Hirohito. His son, Akihito, succeeded to the throne...

 periods.

See also: list of Japanese painters, lists of painters

Meiji Period

Meiji period

The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...

 (1868-1912)

• Hishida Shunsō
  Hishida Shunso
  was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter from the Meiji period. One of Okakura Tenshin's pupils along with Yokoyama Taikan and Shimomura Kanzan, he played a role in the Meiji era innovation of Nihonga. His real name was Hishida Miyoji. He was also known for his numerous paintings of cats.- Early...
  
   菱田春草 1874-1911
• Kawai Gyokudō
  Kawai Gyokudo
  was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Kawai Yoshisaburō....
  
   川合玉堂 1873-1957
• Kawasaki Shōko 川崎小虎 1886-1977
• Maeda Seison
  Maeda Seison
  was the pseudonym of a nihonga painter in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Maeda Renzō. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary Japanese painters, and one of the founders of the Nihonga movement.- Biography :...
  
   前田青邨 1885-1977
• Noguchi Shōhin 野口小蘋 1847-1917
• Shimomura Kanzan
  Shimomura Kanzan
  was the pseudonym of a nihonga painter in Meiji through to the early Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Shimomura Seizaburō.Kanzan was born in 1873 in Wakayama city, Wakayama prefecture into a family of hereditary Noh actors....
  
   下村観山 1873-1930
• Takeuchi Seihō
  Takeuchi Seiho
  was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter of the nihonga genre, active from the Meiji through the early Shōwa period. One of the founders of nihonga, his works spanned half a century and he was regarded as master of the prewar Kyoto circle of painters. His real name was Takeuchi...
  
   竹内栖鳳 1864-1942
• 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...
  
   富岡鉄斎 1837-1924
• Uemura Shōen
  Uemura Shoen
  was the pseudonym of an important woman artist in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting. Her real name was Uemura Tsune. Shōen was known primarily for her bijinga paintings of beautiful women in the nihonga style, although she also produced numerous works on historical themes and...
  
   上村松園 1875-1949
• Yasuda Yukihiko
  Yasuda Yukihiko
  was the pseudonym of a major figure in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting, and is regarded as one of the founders of the Japanese painting technique of nihonga. His real name was Yasuda Shinzaburō.-Career:...
  
   安田靫彦 1884-1978
• 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:...
  
   横山大観 1868-1958

Taishō period

Taisho period

The , or Taishō era, is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Taishō Emperor. The health of the new emperor was weak, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of elder statesmen to the Diet...

 (1912-1926)

• Fukuda Heihachirō 福田平八郎 1892-1974
• Hayami Gyoshū
  Hayami Gyoshu
  was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style, active during the Taishō and Shōwa eras. His real name was Eiichi Maita.Gyoshū was born in the plebian downtown district of Asakusa in Tokyo. He studied traditional painting techniques as an apprentice to Matsumoto Fuko from the age of 15...
  
   速水御舟 1894-1935
• Itō Shinsui
  Ito Shinsui
  , was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. He was one of the great names of the shin hanga art movement, which revitalized the traditional art after it began to decline with the advent of photography in the early 20th century. His...
  
   伊東深水 1898-1972
• Kaburaki Kiyokata 鏑木清方 1878-1972
• Kawabata Ryūshi
  Kawabata Ryushi
  was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style, active during the Taishō and Shōwa eras. His real name was Kawabata Shotarō....
  
   川端龍子 1885-1966
• Murakami Kagaku
  Kagaku Murakami
  was a Japanese painter and illustrator, noted for his numerous Buddhist subjects and advancement in the techniques of nihonga painting in the early 20th century.-Biography:...
  
   村上華岳 1888-1939
• Takehisa Yumeji
  Takehisa Yumeji
  , was a Japanese poet and painter. Takehisa died in 1934 at the age of 49. He never studied drawing in any painting school nor under any teacher formally...
  
   竹久夢二 1884-1934
• Tsuchida Bakusen
  Tsuchida Bakusen
  was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style, active during the Taishō and early Shōwa eras. His real name was .- Biography :...
  
   土田麦僊 1887-1936
• Uemura Shōkō 上村松篁 1902-2001

Shōwa period

Showa period

The , or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 through January 7, 1989.The Shōwa period was longer than the reign of any previous Japanese emperor...

 (1926-1989)

• Akino Fuku 秋野不矩 1908-2001
• Dōmoto Inshō
  Insho Domoto
  was a Japanese artist. His birth name was Sannosuke Dōmoto. He was a recipient of the Order of Culture in 1961.-External links:*...
  
   堂本印象 1891-1975
• Fukui Sawato 福井爽人 1937-
• Fukuōji Hōrin 福王寺法林 1918-
• Hieda Kazuho 稗田一穂 1920-
• Higashiyama Kaii 東山魁夷 1908-1999
• Hiramatsu Reiji 平松礼二 1941-
• Hirayama Ikuo
  Ikuo Hirayama
  -Life and Work:Ikuo Hirayama , was a Japanese Nihonga painter. Born in Setoda-chō, Hiroshima Prefecture, he was famous in Japan for Silk Road paintings of dreamy desert landscapes in Iran, Iraq, and China.In 1952, he graduated from the Tokyo School of Art, or what is today's Tokyo National...
  
   平山郁夫 1930-
• Hori Fumiko 堀文子 1918-
• Itō Hōji 伊藤髟耳 1938-
• Iwakabe Fujio 岩壁冨士夫 1925-2007
• Iwahashi Eien 岩橋英遠 1903-1999
• Kataoka Tamako 片岡球子 1905-
• Katō Eizō 加藤栄三 1906-1972
• Katō Tōichi
  Toichi Kato
  was a Japanese painter in the nihongo style and board chairman of the Nitten, a significant Japanese art conference. He and his older brother, Eizō Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.-Biographical summary:...
  
   加藤東一 1916-1996
• Kayama Matazō 加山又造 1927-2004
• Kitazawa Rakuten 北澤楽天 1876-1955
• Konno Chūichi 今野忠一 1915-2006
• Kuba Doshin 久芳道信　1933-
• Kudō Kōjin 工藤甲人 1915-
• Koizumi Junsaku
  Koizumi Junsaku
  is a noted Japanese painter and pottery artist.Koizumi was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa in 1924, and in 1952 graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music . He has held a number of gallery shows in Japan, and has painted remarkable images on the ceilings of the Kennin-ji temple in...
  
   小泉淳作 1924-
• Kobayashi Kokei 小林古径 1883-1957
• Masuda Ryūichi 桝田隆一 1944-
• Matsuo Toshio 松尾敏男 1926-
• Matsumoto Tetsuo 松本哲男 1943-
• Mochizuki Shunkō 望月春江 1893-1979
• Nakajima Chinami 中島千波 1945-
• Nishiyama Hideo 西山英雄 1911-1989
• Ogura Yuki
  Ogura Yuki
  was a nihonga painter in Shōwa period Japan. Her maiden name was Mizoguchi Yuki. She was known for her bijinga.-Biography:Ogura was born in Ōtsu city, Shiga prefecture and graduated from the Nara Women's Normal School...
  
   小倉遊亀 1895-2000
• Okuda Gensō 奥田元宋 1912-2003
• Okumura Togyū
  Okumura Togyu
  was a famous Japanese modern painter of the nihonga style of watercolour painting. His original name was Yoshizo 。 The name Togyu referred to a poem from his father who ran a publishing business....
  
   奥村土牛 1889-1990
• Ono Chikkyō 小野竹喬 1889-1979
• Oyama Katashi 小山硬 1934-
• Satō Shin 佐藤晨 (previously 佐藤昌美) 1935-
• Shimoda Yoshihiro 下田義寛 1940-
• Shiode Hideo 塩出英雄 1912-2001
• Sugiyama Yasushi
  Sugiyama Yasushi
  was a Japanese painter of the Showa and Heisei eras, who practiced the nihonga style of watercolour painting.Sugiyama was born in 1909 in Asakusa, the eldest son of the owner of a stationery shop. In 1928, Sugiyama enrolled in the Tokyo Art School...
  
   杉山寧 1909-1993
• Tabuchi Toshio 田渕俊夫 1941-
• Takashima　NoJūrō 高島野十郎 1890-1975
• Takayama Tatsuo 高山辰雄 1912-2007
• Tanaka Isson
  Tanaka Isson
  was the pseudonym of a Japanese Nihonga painter from the Showa period noted for his flower-and-bird paintings of the Amami Islands. His real name was Tanaka Jun....
  
   田中一村 1908-1977
• Tsuchiya Reiichi 土屋礼一 1946-
• Uchida Aguri
  Uchida Aguri
  is a Japanese painter in the nihonga style of watercolour painting. Uchida was born in 1949 in Tokyo. In 1975 she completed her studies in the university of Musashino art school; she exhibited twice in that year, being awarded a prize by the . After that, she mainly conducted sougakai activities...
  
   内田あぐり 1949-
• Yamaguchi Kayō
  Yamaguchi Kayo
  was a Japanese painter specializing in the nihonga style of watercolour painting. He was born in the Nakagyo ward of Kyoto。Kayo studied under Nishimura Go'un. He supervised the . With a sketch-based painting style, he specialized in representations of animals. In 1981 he was awarded the Japanese...
  
   山口華楊 1899-1984
• Yamamoto Kyūjin 山本丘人 1900-1986
• Yokoyama Misao 横山操 1920-1973

Heisei Period (1989-present)

• Aoki Hideaki http://www.angproject.com/aoki/ 青木秀明1975-
• Fukui Kōtarō 福井江太郎 1969-
• Hatanaka Kōkyō 畠中光享 1947-
• Kuriki Takamune 栗城貴宗 1965-
• Makino Nobuhide 牧野伸英 1967-
• Matsui Fuyuko
  Fuyuko Matsui
  is a female Japanese artist, specializing in Nihonga paintings with a 'grotesque' or supernatural element. Her art has been widely exhibited in Japan and she has been featured on TV and magazines. She was one of the featured artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo's "Annual 2006"...
  
   松井冬子 1974-
• Miyakita Chiori 宮北千織 1967-
• Miyasako Masaaki 宮廻正明 1951-
• Nakano Hirohiko 中野弘彦 1929-2004
• Natori Hatsuho 名取初穂 1974-
• Nishida Shun'ei
  Nishida Shunei
  is a Japanese painter who specializes in portraits, and a professor of Japanese painting at Hiroshima City University.-Biography:In 1977 Nishida graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Japanese Painting....
  
  　西田俊英 1953-
• Ōya Nori 大矢紀 1936-
• Shiratori Eisetsu 白鳥映雪 1912-
• Senju Hiroshi 千住博 1958-
• Sori Kiyoshi 楚里清 1952-
• Tezuka Yūji 手塚雄二 1953-
• Yoshida Syō http://www.syohyoshida-archives.com/ 吉田 翔 1984-
• Yoshikawa　Fumiyo 吉川文代 1965-
• Allan West アラン・ウエスト 1962-
• Gotō Jin http://www.artsalon.co.jp/art2/mainart2.html#gotou 後藤仁 1968-
• Asami Yoshiga http://www.otter-fe.com/ami 吉賀あさみ 1972-