This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the ''
Nihonga'' style. Some artists also painted in the western ''
Yōga
is a style of artistic painting in Japan, typically of Japanese subjects, themes, or landscapes, but using Western (European) artistic conventions, techniques, and materials. The term was coined in the Meiji period (1868–1912) to distingui ...
'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at points.
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 Japan by their western-ordered name.
The list is broken down into the period during which the artist was first active:
Meiji,
Taishō,
Shōwa and
Heisei era.
Meiji era
The was an Japanese era name, era of History of Japan, Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feu ...
(1868-1912)
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Hishida Shunsō
was the art-name, pseudonym of a Japanese painting, Japanese painter from the Meiji period. One of Okakura Kakuzō, Okakura Tenshin's pupils along with Yokoyama Taikan and Kanzan Shimomura, Shimomura Kanzan, he played a role in the Meiji era in ...
菱田春草 1874-1911
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Kawai Gyokudō 川合玉堂 1873-1957
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Maeda Seison 前田青邨 1885-1977
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Hirata Shōdō 平田松堂 1882-1971
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Otake Chikuha 尾竹 竹坡 1878-1936
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Shimomura Kanzan 下村観山 1873-1930
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Takeuchi Seihō 竹内栖鳳 1864-1942
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Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 1837-1924
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Uemura Shōen 上村松園 1875-1949
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Yasuda Yukihiko 安田靫彦 1884-1978
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Yokoyama Taikan 横山大観 1868-1958
Taishō era
The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō. The new emperor was a sickly man, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group ...
(1912-1926)
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Hayami Gyoshū 速水御舟 1894-1935
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Itō Shinsui 伊東深水 1898-1972
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Kaburaki Kiyokata 鏑木清方 1878-1972
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Kawabata Ryūshi 川端龍子 1885-1966
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Murakami Kagaku 村上華岳 1888-1939
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Takehisa Yumeji 竹久夢二 1884-1934
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Tsuchida Bakusen 土田麦僊 1887-1936
Shōwa era
The was a historical period of History of Japan, Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until Death and state funeral of Hirohito, his death on January 7, 1989. It was preceded by the T ...
(1926-1989)
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Fuku Akino 秋野 不矩 1908-2001
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Dōmoto Inshō 堂本印象 1891-1975
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Higashiyama Kaii 東山魁夷 1908-1999
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Hirayama Ikuo 平山郁夫 1930-2009
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Fumiko Hori 堀文子 1918-2019
*Jeong Chan-young (정찬영, 鄭燦英) 1906-1988
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Katayama Bokuyō 片山牧羊, 1900-1937
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Kataoka Tamako 片岡球子 1905-2008
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Katō Eizō 加藤栄三 1906-1972
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Katō Tōichi 加藤東 1916-1996
* 邱金蓮 1912- 2015
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Kim Ki-chang (김기창, 金基昶) 1913-2001
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Kitazawa Rakuten 北澤楽天 1876-1955
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Koizumi Junsaku
was a Japanese painter and pottery artist.
Biography
Koizumi was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa in 1924. In 1952, he graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (present name Tokyo University of the Arts; Jap. 東京芸術大� ...
小泉淳作 1924-2012
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Kobayashi Kokei 小林古径 1883-1957
* 郭雪湖 1908-2012
* 林之助 1917-2008
*林阿琴 1915-2020
* 呂鐵州 1899-1942
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Gakuryō Nakamura 中村 岳陵 1890-1969
* 鄉原古統 1887-1965
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Ogura Yuki 小倉遊亀 1895-2000
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Okuda Gensō 奥田元宋 1912-2003
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Okumura Togyū 奥村土牛 1889-1990
*Phêⁿ Iông-mūi 彭蓉妹 1912-?
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Reiji Hiramatsu 平松 礼二 1941-
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Sugiyama Yasushi 杉山寧 1909-1993
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Tanaka Isson 田中一村 1908-1977
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Tân Chìn 陳進 1907-1988
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Tomohide Dote 土手朋英 1944-*
Uchida Aguri 内田あぐり 1949-
* 陳雪君 1912-?
* 蔡雪溪 1884-1964?
* 周紅綢 1914 -1981
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Uchida Aguri 内田あぐり 1949-
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Yamaguchi Kayō 山口華楊 1899-1984
*Yun Yeo-sang (윤여상, 尹汝尙)
Heisei era (1989-2019)
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Gotō Jin 後藤仁 1968-
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Matsui Fuyuko 松井冬子 1974-
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Nishida Shun'ei 西田俊英 1953-
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Noguchi Tetsuya 野口哲哉 1980-
See also
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List of Yōga painters
This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the ''Yōga'' style. Some artists also painted in the Japanese ''Nihonga'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at points.
Artists are listed b ...
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List of Japanese painters
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nihonga painters
Lists of Japanese people by occupation
Lists of painters