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Makoto Kobayashi

真 小林

●   active late 1900s

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●    Sōsaku Hanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Makoto Sugiyama

誠 杉山

●   active late 1900s

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Makoto Yumeda

誠 夢田

●   1942-

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●    Sōsaku Hanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Mankichi Suzuki

萬吉 鈴木

●   active 1880s

●   publisher of Illustrated Manual of Flowers and Birds from a Beginner's Mind [Shoshin Kachō Etehon 初心花鳥画手本] (1888)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Mannen Suzuki

萬年 鈴木

●   1868-1893

●   author of Japanese Brocade [Yamato Nishiki 大和錦] (1892)

●   Nihonga style

●   8 pictures included in analysis

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Masahiko Honjo sig10 cleaned 1Masahiko Honjō

正彦 本荘

●   1963-

●    Sōsaku Hanga style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

 

Masaki Shibuya sig 10Masaki Shibuya

正己 渋谷

●   1935-

●    Sōsaku Hanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Masamori Matsuoka

正盛 松岡

●   active 1880s

●   author of Spontaneous Chinese Drawings for Pleasure [Kanga Hitori Rakufu 漢畫獨樂譜] (1883)

●   Nanga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Masanobu Okumura

政信 奥村

●   1686-1764

●   Ukiyo-e style

●  5 pictures included in analysis

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Masao Ido sig10 cleaned 1Masao Idō

雅夫 井堂

●   1945-

●    Sōsaku Hanga style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

 

aMasayoshi Kitao

政美 北尾 or

Keisai Kuwagata

蕙斎 鍬形

●   1764-1824

●   author of Pictures of Imported Birds [Kaihaku Raikin Zui 海舶来禽図] (1789), Picture Mirror for Artisans [Shoshoku Ekagami 諸職画鏡] (1795), Clean Sweep of the Mind [Shinki Issō 心機一掃] (1814), Sketches by Keisai [Keisai Soga蕙齋麁画] (1815)

●   Ukiyo-e and Nanga styles

●   28 pictures included in analysis

 

Masuichi Kyōbashi

増市 京橋

●   active early 1900s

●   author of Monochrome Picture Album [Tansai Gafu 単彩画譜] (1934)

●   Rinpa style

●  4 pictures included in analysis

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Matsumoto Print Works

●   active early 1900s

●   copies of pictures oten incorrectly attributed to a well-known artist

●   marketed in Europe

●   Nihonga style

●   13 pictures included in analysis

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Michinobu Ōoka

道信 大岡

●   active 1730s

●   author of Drawing Models for Oshie [Oshie Tekagami 押絵手鑑] (1736)

●   Kanō style

●   24 pictures included in analysis

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aMihoko Kasamatsu

三保子 笠松

●   1932-

●   Nihonga style

●   8 pictures included in analysis

 

Minwa Aikawa

珉和 合川

●   ?-1821

●   author of Korin's Style of Painting [Kōrin Gashiki 光琳画式] (1818)

●   Rinpa style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

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Mitsunobu Hasegawa

光信 長谷川

●   active 1720-1760

●   author of Picture Album by Mitsunobu [Mitsunobu Gafu 光信 画譜] (1903)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

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Mitsunori Kanō

光教 狩野

●   active early 1600s

●   included in A Grove of Our Country's Paintings [Honchō Garin 本朝畫林] (1752)

●   Kanō style

●   1 picture included in analysis

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aMitsuoki Tosa

光起 土佐

●   1617-1691

●   included in Flowers of the Ages [Miyo No Hana 御代の花] (1892), Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Various Famous Painters [Sho Meika Kachō Gafu 諸名家花鳥画譜] (1898)

●   Tosa style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

 

Mitsuru Nagashima sig 12Mitsuru Ezaki

江崎

●   1952-

●  Sōsaku Hanga style

●  3 pictures included in analysis

 

Mitsuru Nagashima sig 12Mitsuru Nagashima

長島

●   1959-

●   Nihonga style

●   4 pictures included in analysis

 

aMitsuru Tomoda

充 友田

●   1948-

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●  2 pictures included in analysis

 

Mizuhiko Suzuki

瑞彦 鈴木

●   active 1890s

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Famous Painters of Recent Times [Kinsei Meika Kachō Gafu 近世名家花鳥画譜] (1898)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   1 picture included in analysis

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Moichi Tanaka

茂一 田中

●   active 1890s

●   editor of Examples of Famous Japanese Paintings [Nihon Meiga Kagami 日本名画鑑] (1898)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   11 pictures included in analysis

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Mokichi Nagamine

茂吉 永峰

●   active 1890s

●   author of Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥畫譜] (1891)

●   Nihonga style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Moriatsu Hayashi

守篤 林

●   ?-1775

●   editor of Painting Theory [Gasen 画筌] (1721)

●   Kanō style

●   6 pictures included in analysis

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Morikazu Izumi

守一

●   ?-1780

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥畫譜] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

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aMorikazu Maeda

守一 前田

●   1932-

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

 

aMorikuni Tachibana

守国 橘

●   1679-1748

●   author of Illustrated Encyclopedia on China [Morokoshi Kinmō Zui 唐土訓蒙図彙] (1719), Picture Book of a Bag of Sketching Treasures [Ehon Shahō Bukuro 絵本写宝袋] (1720), Painting Rules for a Connoisseur to Consider [Gaten Tsūkō 画典通孝] (1727), The Hold-All of Sketching Treasures [Ehon Tsūhoshi 絵本通宝志] (1729), Picture book of the Plum Tree Where the Warbler Dwells [Ehon Ōshukubai 絵本鴬宿梅] (1740), The Treasures of Direct Pointing [Ehon Nezashi Takara 絵本直指宝] (1745), Brush Movements in Coarse Painting [Unpitsu Soga 運筆麁画] (1749), Picture Album of Brush Paintings of Wildlife [Chōjū Mōhitsu Gafu 鳥獣毛筆画譜] (1889)

●   Kanō style

●   80 pictures included in analysis

 

Morinori Sekichūshi

守範 石仲子

●   active 1710-1730s

●   author of Pictures of One Hundred Flowers and Birds [Gazu Hyakkachō 百花鳥] (1729)

●   Kanō style

●   97 pictures included in analysis

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Moronobu Hishikawa

師宣 菱川

●   1618-1694

●   author of Collection of Pictures of Rocks and Trees [Iwaki Ezukushi 岩木絵尽] (1683), Collection of Pictures of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Ezukushi 花鳥絵尽] (1683)

●   Kanō style

●   14 pictures included in analysis

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Motoharu Ōju

基春 応需

●   active 1800s

●   Ukiyo-e style

●  1 picture included in analysis

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Motonaga Nakajima

元久 中島

●   active 1880s

●   author of Picture Album by Shōkoteisai [Shōkoteisai Gafu 尚古亭斎畫譜] (1881)

●   Nanga style

●   6 pictures included in analysis

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aMotonobu Kanō

元信 狩野

●   1476-1559

●   included  in Picture Book of Painting Models [Ehon Tekagami 絵本手鑑] (1720), Selections of Japanese and Chinese Masterpieces [Wakan Meihitsu Gaei 倭漢名筆畫英] (1750), Essentials of the History of Painting [Gashi Kaiyō 画史会要] (1751), A Grove of Our Country's Paintings [Honchō Garin 本朝畫林] (1752), Selection of Japanese and Chinese Painting Treasures [Wakan Meihitsu Gahō 倭漢名筆画宝] (1776)

●   Kanō style

●   9 pictures included in analysis

 

Motoyasu Sano

元恭 佐野

●   active 1880s

●   editor of Multiple Designs Picture Album  [Bunrin Gafu 文林畫譜] (1883)

●   Nanga style

●   17 pictures included in analysis

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Motoyuki Fukao

元幸 深尾

●   active 1880s

●   author of Newly Selected Designs for All Artisans [Shinsen Banshoku Zukō 新撰万職図考] (1882), Newly Selected Designs for All Artisans [Shinsen Banshoku Hinagata 新撰万職雛形] (1883)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●  6 pictures included in analysis

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Muchō

夢長

●   active 1810s

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥畫譜] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

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Nankoku Ozawa

南谷 小沢

●   1844-?

●   Nanga style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

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Naonobu Kanō

尚信 狩野

●   1607-1650

●   included in Collection of Paintings of Gold and Jewels [Kingyoku Gafu 金玉畫府] (1771), Forest of Paintings For All Ages [Kokon Garin 古今畫林] (1891)

●   Kanō style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Naosaburō Yamada

直三郎 山田

●   active 1890-1910s

●   editor of Refined Pictures of Flowers and Birds [Seikajo 精華帖] (1892), Picture Album by Celebrated Artists [Meika Gafu 名家畫譜] (1913)

●   Nihonga style

●   12 pictures included in analysis

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Nihondō Shuppansha

日本堂 出版者

●   active 1890s

●   editor of Picture Album of Japan [Nihon Gafu 日本畫譜] (1890)

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

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Nisaburō Itō

仁三郎 伊藤

●   1910-1988

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Nisaburo Ito sig10 cleaned 72

 

Nobuatsu Yamamoto

信厚 山本

●   active 1770s

●   author of Rare Selection of Pictures [Gazu Chinsen 画図珍選] (1774)

●   Kanō style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

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Nobukazu Watanabe (Yōsai)

延一 渡辺 (楊斎)

●   1872-1944

●   Ukiyo-e style

●  7 pictures included in analysis

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Ōju Maruyama

応受 円山

●   1777-1815

●   included in Picture Album by Celebrated Artists [Meika Gafu 名家畫譜] (1814), Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Various Famous Painters [Sho Meika Kachō Gafu 諸名家花鳥画譜] (1898)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Okiie Hashimoto sig10 cleaned 1Okiie Hashimoto

興家 橋本

●   1899-1993

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

aŌkyo Maruyama

応挙 円山

●   1733-1795

●   included in Drawing Book of Flowers and Birds by Various Masters [Sho Taika Kachō Gafu 諸太家花鳥畫譜] (1896), Picture Album of One Hundred Fan Paintings by Celebrated Masters [Meika Hyakusen Gafu 名家百扇画譜] (1896), Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Various Famous Painters [Sho Meika Kachō Gafu 諸名家花鳥画譜] (1898), Examples of Famous Japanese Paintings [Nihon Meiga Kagami 日本名画鑑] (1898) 

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   15 pictures included in analysis

 

Ōseki Tanaka

鴨石 田中

●   active 1890s

●   author of Fields of Musashi [Musashino むさし野] (1894)

●   Nihonga style

●  2 pictures included in analysis

Oseki Tanaka sig10 cleaned 3

 

aŌshin Maruyama

応震 円山

●   1790-1838

●   included in Drawing Methods for Aesthetic Pictures [Shūbi Gakan 聚美画鑑] (1889), Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Various Famous Painters [Sho Meika Kachō Gafu 諸名家花鳥画譜] (1898)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

 

Ōsui Asai

応翠 浅井

●   1808-?

●   author of Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥画譜] (1879), Picture Album by Ōsui [Ōsui Gafu 応翠画譜] (1880)

●   Kanō and Ukiyo-e styles

●   36 pictures included in analysis

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Raijirō Ichikawa

来次郎 市川

●   active 1890s

●   author of Picture Album by Kansai [Kansai Gafu 甘斎畫譜] (1891-1893)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   12 pictures included in analysis

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Rakusan Tsuchiya

楽山 土屋

●   1896-1976

●   author of Rough Sketches [Sobyō 素描] (1929), Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Rakusan [Rakusan Kachō Gafu 楽山花鳥画譜] (1929-1933), Selection of Stone Prints by Kōshisei [Kōshisei Ishizuri Gasen 篁子生石摺画選] (1933-1935)

●   Nihonga style

●   152 pictures included in analysis

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Rangai Miyake

蘭崖 三宅

●   active 1880s

●   author of  Picture Album by Rangai [Rangai Gafu 蘭崖画譜] (1881)

●   Nanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

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Ransai Mori

蘭斎 森

●   1740-1801

●   author of Picture Album by Ransai [ Ransai Gafu 蘭斎畫譜] (1802)

●   Nagasaki style

●   13 pictures included in analysis

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Rantei Nukaya

蘭汀 糠谷

●   active 1810s

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥畫譜] (undated)

●   Nanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Rei Yuki sig10 cleaned 1Rei Yuki

由木

●   1928-2003

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Renjō Hitomi

連城 一見

●   active 1910s

●   included in Picture Album by Celebrated Artists [Meika Gafu 名家畫譜] (1913)

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Renjo Hitomi sig10 cleaned 3

 

Renzan Kishi

連山

●   1805-1859

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Rihachi Fujii

利八 藤井

●   active late 1800s

●   printer of Picture Album of Chinese and Japanese Paintings by Celebrated Artists [Wakan Shuga Meika Gafu 和漢習画名家画譜] (undated)

●   Unkoku style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Rikisō Ichikawa

力蔵 市川

●   active 1880s

●   author of Manual of Brush Paintings [Mōhitsuga Nyūmon 毛筆畫入門] (1889)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   9 pictures included in analysis

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Rinkyō (or Tenpū) Ishii

林響  (天風) 石井

●   1884-1930

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Rinkyo Ishii sig 10

 

Rinsai Shiba

琳斎 芝

●   1847-?

●   author of Picture Album of Plants, Flowers and Birds [Sōmoku Kachō Gafu 草木花鳥画譜] (1881), Comparison of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Kurabe 花鳥競] (1882), Thirty-six Flowers and Birds [Sanjūroku Kachō 三拾六花鳥] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

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●   55 pictures included in analysis

 

Rinshō Suzuki

鄰松 鈴木

●   ?-1802

●   author of Picture Album by Itchō [Itchō Gafu 一蝶畫譜] (1770), One Hundred Paintings from the Brush of Hanabusa [Eihitsu Hyakuga  英筆百畫] (1773), Selected Paintings of a Swarm of Butterflies [Gunchō Gaei 群蝶畫英] (1778)

●   Kanō style

●   10 pictures included in analysis

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Ritsusai

葎齋

●   active early 1900s

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Rogetsu Nakagawa

蘆月 中川

●   1859-1924

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Famous Painters of Recent Times [Kinsei Meika Kachō Gafu  近世名家花鳥画譜] (1898)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Rōsai

樓齋

●   active late 1800s

●   author of  Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥画譜] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   39 pictures included in analysis

a

 

aRosetsu Nagasawa

蘆雪 長沢

●   1754-1799

●   included in Picture Album of Several Old Famous Painters [Chūko Shomeika Gafu 中古諸名家画譜] (1893), Complete Collection of Japanese Paintings [Honchō Gasan Taizen 本朝畫簒太全] (1894), Drawing Book of Flowers and Birds by Various Masters [Sho Taika Kachō Gafu 諸太家花鳥畫譜] (1896), Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Various Famous Painters [Sho Meika Kachō Gafu  諸名家花鳥画譜] (1898), Examples of Famous Japanese Paintings [Nihon Meiga Kagami 日本名画鑑] (1898)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   11 pictures included in analysis

 

Ryōan Terashima

良安 寺島

●   active 1710s

●   editor of Illustrations of the Principles of Chinese-style Painting [Wakan Sansai Zue 和漢三才図会] (1712)

●   Kanō style

●   30 pictures included in analysis

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Ryōmi

涼美

●   active early 1900s

●   Nihonga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Ryōtai Tatebe

凌岱 建部

●   1719-1774

●   author of Picture Album by Kanyōsai [Kanyōsai Gafu 寒葉斎画譜](1762), Collection of Pictures by Kenshi [Kenshi Gaen 建氏画苑] (1771,1775), Miscellaneous Pictures of Japan and China by Mōkyō [Mōkyō Wakan Zatsuga 孟喬和漢雑画] (1772)

●   Nagasaki style

●   23 pictures included in analysis

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Ryōzō Murakoshi

良造 村越

●   active 1890s

●   author of Picture Album of Hokusai's Rough Sketches of Flowers and Birds [Hokusai Sōga Kachō Gafu  北斎叢畫花鳥畫譜] (1890)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   7 pictures included in analysis

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Ryūgai Masuda

●   1877-?

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Ryugai Masuda sig10 cleaned

 

Ryugin Onoda sig10Ryūgin Onoda

龍吟 小野田

●   1870-1938

●   author of Revised New Japanese Picture Album [Teisei Nihon Shin Gajō 訂正日本新畫帖] (1900)

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Ryūsai Ninjō

龍齋 忍城

●   active 1880s

●   author of Illustrations of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Zuhen 花鳥圖變] (1886)

●   Nanga style

●   19 pictures included in analysis

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Ryūsen Komai

龍僊 駒井

●   active 1890s

●   included in World of Art [Bijutsu Sekai 美術世界] (1892)

●   Nihonga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

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Sadahide Utagawa

貞秀 歌川

●   1807-1873

●   author of Picture Album of Varieties of Natural Phenomenon [Banshō Shashin Zufu 萬象寫眞圖譜] (1864)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   12 pictures included in analysis

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Sadanobu II Hasegawa

貞信 長谷川 二代

●   1848-1940

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   28 pictures included in analysis

 

Sadatake Takagi

貞武 高木

●   active 1720-1750s

●   author of A Grove of Our Country's Paintings [Honchō Garin 本朝畫林] (1752)

●   Kanō style

●   6 pictures included in analysis

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Sadatora Utagawa

貞虎 歌川

●   active early 1800s

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Seiko Aoki sig10

 

Sadatoshi Nakagi

定年 中路

●   active 1710-1750s

●   author of Picture Book of the Materials of Painting [Ehon Zuka 畫本圖貨] (1731), The Indispensable Book for Painting [Ehon Hitsuyō 畫本必用] (1751)

●   Kanō style

●   12 pictures included in analysis

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Sakujirō Nanbara

作二郎 南原

●   active 1890s

●   editor of Drawing Methods for Aesthetic Pictures [Shūbi Gakan 聚美画鑑] (1889)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   10 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Sanraku Kanō

山樂 狩野

●   1559-1635

●   included in Banquet of Chinese and Japanese Paintings [Wakan Shūgaen 和漢衆畫苑] (1759), Collection of Paintings of Gold and Jewels [Kingyoku Gafu 金玉畫府] (1771)

●   Kanō style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

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Satarō Nagao

佐太郎 長尾

●   active 1890s

●   author of Dainty Picture Album of Flowers, Birds and Plants [Kachō Sōmoku Saishiki Gafu 花鳥草木細式画譜] (1891)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   18 pictures included in analysis

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Satoshi Ebihara

海老原

●   active late 1900s

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

Satoshi Ebihara sig10 cleaned 3

 

Seiemon Shibukawa (Kashiwaraya)

清右衞門 澁川(淸原屋)

●   active 1700s

●   publisher of Picture book for Finished Copies [Ehon Seishochō 繪本清書帳] (1718)

●   Kanō style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

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Seiga

清我

●   active 1810s

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥畫譜] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

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Seihō Takeuchi

栖鳳 竹内

●   1864-1942

●   author of Drawing Manual by Seihō [Seihō Shūgajō 栖鳳習畫帖] (1901)

●   included in Brocade of the Capital [Miyako No Nishiki 都の錦] (1891),  Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Famous Painters of Recent Times [Kinsei Meika Kachō Gafu 近世名家花鳥画譜] (1898)

●   Nihonga style

●  6 pictures included in analysis

 

Seiko

静湖

●   early 1900s

●   imaginary artist created by a publisher to avoid copyright and sell pictures by other artists

●   Nihonga style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

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Seiko Aoki

栖古 青木

●   1880-?

●   Nihonga style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

Seiko Aoki sig10

 

Seisai Itō

静齋 伊藤

●   ?-1887

●   author of  Richly Colored Drawings of Flowers and Birds [Gokusaishiki Kachō Zushiki 極彩色華鳥図式] (1879), Brocade Pictures of Spring and Fall [Shunjū Nishiki-E 春秋錦畫] (1881)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●  42 pictures included in analysis

Seisai Ito sig10 clened 3

 

Seisai (or Tetsujirō) Kishimoto

静齋 (鉄次郎岸本

●   active 1880s

●   author of Picture Album by Seisai [Seisai Gafu 静齋畫譜] (1887)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●  43 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Seishū

清州

●   active 1810s

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥畫譜] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Seitarō Kondō

清太郎 近藤

●   active 1880s

●   publisher of Picture Album of Models for Ten Thousand Crafts [Bankō Hinagata Gafu 萬工雛形画譜] (1886)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   17 pictures included in analysis

a 

 

aSeitei Watanabe

省亭 渡辺

●   1851-1918

●   author of Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Seitei [Seitei Kachō Gafu 省亭花鳥画譜] (1890), Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 華鳥畫譜] (1903), Twenty-Two Flowers and Birds [Nijūni Kachō  二十二花鳥] (1916), Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Jō 花鳥帖] (undated)

●   editor of World of Art [Bijutsu Sekai 美術世界] (1892-1895)

●   included in Picture Album of Japan [Nihon Gafu 日本画譜] (1890)

●   Nihonga style

●   32 pictures included in analysis

 

Seiyō Katsura

青洋 桂

●   1786-1860

●   author of Sketches by Seiyō [Seiyō Manpitsu青洋漫筆] (1832)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   4 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Seizan Shiga

静山 志賀

●   ?-1919

●   author of High Class Brush Paintings [Kōtō Mōhitsuga 高等毛筆畫] (1901)

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Sekien Toriyama

石燕 鳥山

●   1712-1788

●   author of Picture Album by Sekien [Sekien Gafu 石燕画譜] (1774)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Sekijo Kajihara

石上 梶原

●   active 1800s

●   Ukiyo-e style

●  3 pictures included in analysis

 

a

 

Sekisui Watanabe

赤水 渡辺

●   1776-1833

●   included in Picture Album by Celebrated Artists [Meika Gafu 名家畫譜] (1814)

●   Nanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Sekkan Sakurai

雪館 桜井

●   1715-1790

●   editor of Principles of Japanese and Chinese Painting [Wakan Gasoku 和漢画則] (1776)

●   Unkoku style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

Sekkan Sakurai sig10

 

Sekkyō Sawa

雪喬 or 雪崎 or 雪橋

●   active early 1800s

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

Senjin Gokura sig10

 

Sengaku Funata

船岳 船田

●   active 1890s

●   co-author of Brush Painting Picture Album for Secondary Grades [Chūtō Kyōiku Mōhitsu Gajō 中等教育毛筆画帖] (1899)

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Sengaku Funata sig10

 

Senjin Gokura

千靭 郷倉

●   1892-1975

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Senjin Gokura sig10

 

Sesshōsai (Shigefusa) Terai

雪蕉斎 (重房) 寺井

●   active 1740-1760s

●   author of Gathering of Leaves Picture Book [Ehon Shūyō 畫本拾葉 ]  (1751)

●   Kanō style

●   8 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Sesshū Tōyō

雪舟 等楊

●   1420-1506

●   included in Picture book of Painting Models [Ehon Tekagami 絵本手鑑] (1720), Banquet of Chinese and Japanese Paintings [Wakan Shūgaen 和漢衆畫苑] (1759)

●   Unkoku style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Sesson Satake

雪村 佐竹

●   1504-1589

●   included in Picture Book of Painting Models [Ehon Tekagami 絵本手鑑] (1720)

●   Suiboka style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Setsurin Unkoku

雪林 雲谷

●   dates unknown

●   included in A Collection of Famous Japanese and Chinese Paintings [Wakan Meigaen 和漢名畫苑] (1750)

●   Unkoku style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

a

 

Settan Hasegawa

雪旦 長谷川

●   1778-1843

●   author of Dinner Tray Picture Album [Kaiseki Gafu 会席画譜] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Settei Tsukioka

雪鼎 月岡

●   1710-1786

●   author of Collection of Paintings of Gold and Jewels [Kingyoku Gafu 金玉畫府] (1771)

●   Kanō style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shichirōbei Imai

七郎兵衛 今井

●   active 1790s

●   publisher of Principles of Drawing For Beginners [Ehon Shoshin Hashiratate 絵本初心柱立] (1794), Painting Rules for Japanese-Chinese Landscapes [Wakan Sansui Gaten 和漢山水畫典] (1797)

●   Kanō style

●   22 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shigeji Okuyama

重次 奥山

●   active 1880s

●   author of Practice Book for Grade School Children [Dōmō Shōgaku Etehon 童蒙小学画手本] (1887)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shigemasa Kitao

重政 北尾

●   1739-1820

●   author of  Naturalistic Pictures of Flowers and Birds [Shashin Kachō Zue 写真花鳥圖會] (1805-27), Picture book by Kitao Shigemasa [Kitao Shigemasa Ehon 北尾重政畫本] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   48 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shigenaga Nishimura

重長 西村

●   1697-1756

●   editor of Banquet of Chinese and Japanese Paintings [Wakan Shūgaen 和漢衆畫苑] (1759)

●   Kanō and Unkoku styles

●   54 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shigenobu Nishimura

a重信 西村

●   active 1720s

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

 

Shigenobu Yanagawa

重信 柳川

●   1787-1832

●   author of  Picture Album by Yanagawa [Yanagawa Gafu 柳川画譜] (1856), Picture Album by Yanagawa [Yanagawa Gajō 柳川畫帖] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   29 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shigeru Kuriyama

栗山

●   1912-?

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

Shigeru Kuriyama sig10 cleaned 1

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Shigeru Sumiyama

住山

●   active late 1900s

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

Shigeru Kuriyama sig10 cleaned 1

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Shihō Sakakibara

紫峰 榊原

●   1887-1971

●   Nihonga style

●   13 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shikō Imamura

紫紅 今村

●   1880-1916

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shikō Munakata

志功 棟方

●   1903-1975

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●   7 pictures included in analysis

a

Shiko Munakata sig 100

 

Shima Art Company

●   active early 1900s

●   copies of pictures incorrectly attributed to well-known artists

●   marketed in North America

●   Nihonga style

a

●   42 pictures included in analysis

 

Shinbee Shibata

新兵衛 芝田

●   active 1880s

●   editor of Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥畫譜] (1880)

●   Nihonga style

●   8 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shinbei Kobayashi

新兵衛 小林

●   active late 1800s

●   publisher of Picture Book of Painting Models of Flowers and Birds [Sōka Shochō Ehon Tekagami 草花諸鳥繪本手鑑] (1867)

●   Kanō style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

Shinbei Kobayashi sig10 cleaned 4

 

Shinbei Yoshida

新兵衛 吉田

●   active 1810s

●   publisher of Collection of Pictures by Kyōto Artists [Keijō Gaen 京城画苑] (1814)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shinroku Yano

晋六 矢野

●   active 1880s

●   editor of  Polished Ink Play [Sessa Bokugi 雪槎墨戯] (1881)

●   Nanga style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shinsai Ryūryūkyo

辰斎 柳々居

●   1764-1820

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds [Kachō Gafu 花鳥畫譜] (undated)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shinshō Kanō

真笑 狩野

●   active 1500s

●   included in A Collection of Famous Japanese and Chinese Paintings [Wakan Meigaen 和漢名畫苑] (1750)

●   Kanō style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shirō Kasamatsu

紫浪 笠松

●   1898-1992

●   Nihonga style

●   8 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shirō Takagi

   志朗 高木

●   1934-1998

a

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●   10 pictures included in analysis

 

Shiseki Sō

a紫石 宋

●   1712-1786

●   author of Picture Album by Sō Shiseki [Sō Shiseki Gafu  宗紫石画譜] (1765), A Thicket of Ancient and Modern Pictures (Sequel) : Collection of Paintings by Sō Shiseki [Kokon Gasō Kōhen: Sō Shiseki Gasō 古今画薮後編: 紫石画薮] (1771), A Later Thicket of Eight Kinds of Literati Pictures [Gasō Go Hasshu Shitaifu 畫藪後八種四体譜] (1779)

●   Nagasaki style

●   28 pictures included in analysis

 

Shizuo Ashikaga

静男 足利

●   1934-

a

a

●   Nihonga style

●   22 pictures included in analysis

 

Shizuo Fujimori

静雄 藤森

●   1891-1943

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

a

●   2 pictures included in analysis

 

Shōhin Noguchi

小蘋 野口

●   1847-1917

●   included in Album of Pictures [Kaiga Chō 檜画帖] (1892)

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shōkadō Nakanuma

松花堂 中沼

●   1584-1639

●   author of Picture Album by Shōkadō [Shōkadō Gajō 松花堂画帖] (1804)

●   Kanō style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shokatsukan Shimizu

諸葛監 清水

●   1719-1790

●   included in Picture Album by Celebrated Artists [Meika Gafu 名家畫譜] (1814)

●   Nanga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

aShōkei Yamada

松渓 山田

●   1866-?

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Shōkei [Shōkei Kachō Gafu 松渓花鳥畫譜] (1895)

●   editor of Picture Album of One Hundred Fan Paintings by Celebrated Masters [Meika Hyakusen Gafu 名家百扇画譜] (1896)

●   Nihonga style

●   11 pictures included in analysis

 

Shōkō Uemura

松篁 上村

●   1902-2001

●   included in A Selection of Flower and Bird Pictures by Famous Modern Artists [Shin Shin Meika Kachō Sen 新進名家花鳥選] (1931-33)

●   Nihonga style

●   27 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shōnen Suzuki

松年 鈴木

●   1849-1918

●   included in World of Art [Bijutsu Sekai 美術世界] (1892), Album of Pictures [Kaiga Chō 檜画帖] (1892), Flowers of the Ages [Miyo No Hana 御代の花] (1892)

●   Nihonga style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shōseki Kose

小石 巨勢

●   1843-1919

●   author of Drawing Book of Brush Paintings and Calligraphy [Shōgaku Mōhitsu Gajō  小學毛筆画帖] (1888), Picture Album of Newly Selected Brush Paintings [Shinsen Mōhitsu Gajō 新撰毛筆画帖] (1900)

●   Nihonga style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

a

 

aShōsen Soga

鉊仙 曽我

●   active early 1500s

●   included in Tani Bunchō's Complete Collection of Japanese Paintings (2nd series) [Tani Bunchō Honchō Gasan Taizen (Kōhen) 本朝畫簒太全 (後編)] (1892)

●   Soga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

 

Shōsō Mishima

蕉窓 三島

●   1856-1928

●   included in World of Art [Bijutsu Sekai 美術世界] (1892)

●   Nihonga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shōtarō Asami

鉦太郎 浅見

●   active 1890s

●   author of Revised Picture Guide Book to the Natural World [Shinban Ehon Chōhōki 新板繪本重寳記] (1893)

●   Kanō style

●   5 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shōtei (or Hiroaki) Takahashi

松亭(弘明)高橋

●   1871-1944

●   Nihonga style

●   15 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shōun Yamamoto

昇雲 山本

●   1870-1965

●   author of Sketches of New Ideas by Shōkoku [Shinan Shōkoku Manga 新案松谷漫画] (1899), Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Shōkoku [Shōkoku Kachō Gafu 松谷花鳥畫譜] (1901)

●   Nihonga style

●   69 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shūbun Tōkei

周文 等慶

●   active 1414-1463

●   included in Banquet of Chinese and Japanese Paintings [Wakan Shūgaen 和漢衆畫苑] (1759)

●   Suiboku style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shūchō Tamagawa

舟調 玉川

●   active 1790s

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shūhō Ikegami

秀畝 池上

●   1877-1944

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shūken Handa

習軒 阪田

●   active 1890s

●   author of Picture Album by Kōshōdō (Flowering Plant Section) [Kōshōdō Gafu (Kusahana No Bu)  高尚堂画譜 (草花之部) ] (1891)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   23 pictures included in analysis

a

 

aShumboku Ōoka

春卜 大岡

●   1680-1763

●   author of Picture book of Painting Models [Ehon Tekagami 絵本手鑑] (1720), Aspects of the Hidden Skills of Painting [Gakō Senran 畫巧潛] (1740), A Collection of Famous Japanese and Chinese Paintings [Wakan Meigaen 和漢名畫苑] (1750), Essentials of the History of Painting [Gashi Kaiyō畫史会要] (1751), Brocade Bag of Japanese and Chinese Painting [Wakan Sōgyoku Tansei Kinnō 和漢双玉丹青錦嚢] (1753)

●   Kanō style

●   66 pictures included in analysis

 

Shumman Kubo

春満 窪

●   1757-1820

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   16 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shundei Nakamura

春泥 中村

●   1904-1966

●   Nihonga style

●   3 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shungyō Nagashima

春暁 永島

●   active 1880s

●   Ukiyo-e  style

●   4 pictures included in analysis

Shungyo Nagashima sig10

 

Shungyōsai Hayami

春暁斎 速水

●   1767-1823

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shunkō

春光

●   early 1900s

●   imaginary artist created by a publisher to avoid copyright and sell pictures by other artists

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shunkō (Harue) Mochizuki

春江 望月

●   1893-1979

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Shunkyo Yamamoto

春挙 山元

●   1871-1933

●   included in Picture Album by Celebrated Artists [Meika Gafu 名家畫譜] (1913)

●   Nihonga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shunshō Katsukawa

春章 勝川

●   1726-1792

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Shunsho Katsukawa sig10

 

Shunzan Katsukawa

春山 勝川

●   active late 1700s

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Shunsho Katsukawa sig10

 

Shūsui Shimokōbe

拾水 下河辺

●   active 1764-1789

●   illustrator for A New Compilation of an Illustrated Encyclopedia for the People with Head Notes [Zōho Kashiragaki- Kinmō Zui Taisei  増補頭書訓蒙図彙大成] (1789)

●   Kanō style

●   24 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Shūzan Yoshimura

周山 吉村

●   ?-1776

●   editor of Selections of Japanese and Chinese Masterpieces [Wakan Meihitsu Gaei 倭漢名筆画英] (1750), Selections of Japanese and Chinese Painting Treasures [Wakan Meihitsu Gahō 倭漢名筆画宝] (1776)

●   Kanō style

●   31 pictures included in analysis

a

 

aShūzō Ikeda

修三 池田

●   1922-2004

●   Sōsaku Hanga style

●   4 pictures included in analysis

 

Sobun Morikawa

曽文 森川

●   1847-1902

●   author of Elements of Japanese Painting for Grade School [Shōgaku Nihonga Shoho 小学日本畫初歩] (1893)

●   included in Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Famous Painters of Recent Times [Kinsei Meika Kachō Gafu 近世名家花鳥画譜] (1898)

●   Nihonga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Sōchiku Yamada

雙竹 山田

●   1845-1902

●   included in Brocade of the Capital [Miyako No Nishiki 都の錦] (1891), Flowers of the Ages [Miyo No Hana 御代の花] (1892)

●   Nihonga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Soken Yamaguchi

素絢 山口

●   1759-1818

●   author of Picture Album by Old Man Maruyama [Enō Gafu 円翁畫譜] (1837)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   6 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Soseki Komori

素石 小森

●   active 1920s

●   Nihonga style

●   2 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Soshin Yamagata

素真 山形

●   1818-1862

●   author of Picture Album by Soshin  (First Series) [Soshin Gafu (Shohen) 素真画譜 (初編)] (1858)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   4 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Sōtan Oguri

宗丹 小栗

●   1413-1481

●   included in Banquet of Chinese and Japanese Paintings [Wakan Shūgaen 和漢衆畫苑] (1759)

●   Suiboku style

●  1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Sōzan Itō

総山 伊藤

●   1884-?

●   Nihonga style

●  30 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Sūgakudō Nakayama

嵩岳堂 中山

●   active 1850-1860s

●   author of Exact Likeness of Forty-Eight Hawks [Shō Utsushi Shijū-hachi Taka 生写四十八鷹] (1859)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   47 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Suian Hirafuku

穂菴 平福

●   1844-1890

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Suikō Fukuda

翠光 福田

●   1895-1973

●   Nihonga style

●   9 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Suiseki Satō

水石 佐藤

●   active 1810s

●   author of Picture Album by Suiseki (2nd series) [Suiseki Gafu (Nihen) 水石画譜 (二編)] (1820)

●   Maruyama-Shijō style

●   8 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Suishō Nishiyama

翠嶂 西山

●   1879-1958

●   author of Collection of Works by Nishiyama Suishō [Nishiyama Suishō Sakuhin Shū 西山翠嶂作品集] (1921)

●   Nihonga style

●   1 picture included in analysis

Suisho Nishiyama sig10

 

Suiun Komuro

翠雲 小室

●   1874-1945

●   author of Nanga Short Course Record [Nanga Kōshū Roku 南画講習録] (1936)

●   Nanga style

●  9 pictures included in analysis

a

 

Sūkei Kō

嵩渓 高

●   1762-1817

●   Hanabusa style

●   1 picture included in analysis

a

 

Sukenobu Nishikawa

祐信 西川

●   1671-1751

●   author of Picture Book of Mount Tsukuba [Ehon Tsukubayama 繪本筑波山] (1730), Picture Book from the Japanese Library [Ehon Yamato Bunko 繪本倭文庫] (1734)

●   Ukiyo-e style

●   4 pictures included in analysis

a

 

 

 

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