Published by the Reader Collection, Ontario Canada, 2024

 

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Chapter 5 - Artists

 

     To address the question ‘who is the artist and when was the picture drawn?’, this chapter provides some information about each of 165 Japanese artists and book editors who made one or more non-woodblock prints of flowers-and-birds.

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

     An individual’s first name, last name, period of activity, drawing style and printing method are given along with titles of any books authored or edited and the number of pictures included in this analysis. An example of the artist’s signature or seal and a flower-bird picture are also given. 

 

     Artists are listed alphabetically below.  To see more of an artist’s prints click here to vist my FLICKR account (https://www.flickr.com/photos/127247666@N05/).

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Akiko Yoshimura

明子 吉村 

●   1960-

●   creative style

●   12 screenprints included in analysis

 

Unknown flowers, common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) and unknown bird

 

Akira Baba

章 馬場 

●   1952-

●   realistic style

●   1 intaglio print included in analysis

 

Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) and scops owl (Otus sp.)

 

Akira Fujie

  藤江

●   1950-

●   realistic style

●   6 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Marlberry (Ardisia japonica) and Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

 

Akira Kanazaki

  金崎

●   1943-

●   realistic style

●   3 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Fringed pink (Dianthus superbus) and white wagtail (Motacilla alba)

 

Akira Nakanishi

  中西

●   1930-

●   realistic style

●   2 lithograph prints included in analysis

 

Winterberry (Ilex sp.) and great tit (Parus major)

 

Akira Ōke

  あきら

●   active late 1900s

●   realistic style

●   1 digital print included in analysis

 

Plum (Prunus mume) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

 

Asumi Hayashi

 明日美 

●   1985-

●   creative style

●   3 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Apple (Malus domestica) and barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

 

Atsushi Shimizu

  清水

●   1937-

●   creative style

●   6 lithograph prints included in analysis

 

Cherry (Prunus sp.) and Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

 

Atsushi Uemura

淳之 上村 

●   1933-

●   realistic style

●   70 lithograph prints included in analysis

 

Camellia (Camellia japonica) and red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)

 

Aya Yonezawa

   米澤

●   1983-

●   creative style

●   2 giclee prints included in analysis

 

Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) and Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

 

Ayaka Sen

 采加

●   active late 1900s

●   creative style

●   5 screenprint prints included in analysis

 

Tulip (Tulipa sp.) and owl (Family Strigidae)

 

Chiaki Suwama

 千晃 諏訪間

●   1969-

●   realistic style

●   2 digital prints included in analysis

 

Plum (Prunus mume) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

 

Chiemi Itoi

千恵美 糸井

●   1962-

●   creative style

●   2 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Cherry (Prunus sp.) and wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

 

Chikako Ohtake 

●   active late 1900s

●   creative style

●   7 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

 

Chikubun Kubota

竹文 久保田 

●   1877-?

●   realistic style

●   14 intaglio prints included in analysis

●   author of Chikubun Kachō Gafu (Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Chikubun) 竹文花鳥画譜published in 1922

Plum (Prunus mume) and yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphuratus)

 

Chinami Nakajima

  千波 中島 

●   1945-

●   realstic style

●   2 lithograph prints included in analysis

 

Plum (Prunus mume) and Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

 

Eiri Yoshihara

英里 吉原   

●   1959-

●   creative style

●   2 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea) and unknown bird

 

Eisen Ikeda

英泉 池田 

●   1790-1848

●   realistic style

●   6 intaglio prints included in analysis

●   author of Dōbutsu Gafu (Picture Album of Animals) 動物画譜 published in 1901

Top - Plum (Prunus mume) and Japanese bush-warbler (Cettia diphone); Bottom - Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

 

Fumiaki Mutō

 文昭 武藤

●   active late 1900s

●   creative style

●   7 digital prints included in analysis

 

Monochoria (Monochoria korsakowii), Japanese iris (Iris ensata) and common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

 

Fumiko Hori

  文子  

●   1918-2019

●   creative style

●   3 screenprint prints included in analysis

 

Unknown flower and bird

 

Fumiko Takeda

  史子 武田

●   1963-

●   realstic style

●   6 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Lyreleaf nightshade (Solanum lyratum) and Japanese robin (Erithacus akahige)

 

George Ueda

  譲二 上田

●   1948-

●   creative style

●   3 screenprint prints included in analysis

 

Plum (Prunus mume) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

 

Ginkō Adachi

  吟光 安達

●   active late 1800s

●   realistic style

●   8 intaglio prints included in analysis

●   author of Bijutsu Chōkoku Gafu (Picture Album of Fine Art Engravings) 美術彫刻画譜 published in 1892

Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus), eulalia grass (Miscanthus sinensis) and Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

 

Gō Yananagi

  矢柳

●   1933-

●   creative style

●   3 screenprint prints included in analysis

 

Purple magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora), camellia (Camellia japonica) and cockatoo (Cacatua sp.)

 

Gyoshi Kōsoku

  漁史 江側 

●   active 1890s

●   realistic style

●   88 intaglioprints included in analysis

●   author of Shiki Kachō Gafu (Picture Album of Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) 四季花鳥畫譜 published in 1891

 

Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and domestic goose (Anser cygnoides)

 

Hakudō Inagaki

  伯堂 稲垣

●   1928-1998

●   realistic style

●   2 giclee prints included in analysis

Plum (Prunus mume) and owl (Family Strigidae)

 

Haruna Deguchi

 春菜 出口

●   1982-

●   creative style

●   10 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Apple (Malus domestica) and unknown bird

 

Hideko Seki

  日出子

●   active late 1900s

●   creative style

●   1 intaglio print included in analysis

 

Rose (Rosa sp.) and unknown birds

 

Hideo Kawahara

  英雄 河原

●   1911-2006

●   creative style

●   3 lithograph prints included in analysis

 

Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis), cherry (Prunus sp.) and oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)

 

Hidetaka Yamanaka

秀孝 山中 

●   1958-

●   realistic style

●   14 intaglio prints included in analysis

 

Japanese dogwood (Cornus kousa) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

 

Hiroaki Yoshioka

  弘昭 吉岡

●   1942-

●   creative style

●   1 intaglio print included in analysis

 

Unknown flower and bird

 

Hiromitsu Sakai

 ひろみつ 酒井

●   1958-

●   realistic style

●   1 digital print included in analysis

 

Cherry (Prunus sp.) and common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

 

Hiroshi Senju

千住 

●   1958-

●   realistic style

●   1 screenprint print included in analysis

 

Unknown flower and bird

 

Hiroshi Takeyama

  竹山

●   1923-?

●   realistic style

●   1 lithograph print included in analysis

 

Peach (Prunus persica) and red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)

 

Hitomi Tsumura

  仁美 津村

●   1961-

●   realistic style

●   8 giclee prints included in analysis

 

Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

 

Ikki Matsumoto

  一騎 松本

●   1935-2013

●   realistic style

●   13 giclee prints included in analysis

 

Water-lily (Nymphaea sp.) and purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)

 

Jun Sato

  佐藤

●   1970-

●   realistic style

●   1 digital print included in analysis

Unknown flower and Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

 

Jun’ichi Ubukata

  純一 生方

●   1942-

●   creative style

●   1 lithograph print included in analysis

 

Blueberry (Vaccinium sp.), apple (Malus domestica) and unknown bird

 

Junsaku Koizumi

 淳作 小泉

●   1924-2012

●   realistic style

●   5 intaglio and lithograph prints included in analysis

 

Magnolia (Magnolia sp.) and brown-eared bulbul (Ixos amaurotis)

 

Jusō Watanabe

  寿宗 渡辺

●   1929-

●   realistic style

●   1 intaglio print included in analysis

 

Japanese-creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

 

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