List of Japanese Artists - Ukiyo-e Painters and Printmakers

Ukiyo-e Painters and Printmakers

Name Life Comments Reference
Hishikawa Moronobu 1618–1694 "father of ukiyo-e
Torii Kiyonobu I 1664–1729 Printmaker
Sukenobu 1671–1750 printmaker
Miyagawa Chōshun 1682–1752 Ukiyo-e painter, Miyagawa school
Miyagawa Shunsui fl. c. 1740-60s Ukiyo-e painter, son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun
Miyagawa Isshō mid-18th century Painter, student of Miyagawa Chōshun
Okumura Masanobu 1686–1764 Printmaker, Torii school initially
Toriyama Sekien 1712–1788 Printmaker, teacher of Utamaro
Suzuki Harunobu 1724–1770 Printmaker
Katsukawa Shunshō 1726–1792 Printmaker, leading figure in the Katsukawa school
Sharaku d. 1801 One of the greatest and most mysterious ukiyo-e printmakers; career spanned only ten months
Kitao Shigemasa 1739–1820 Printmaker-Founder of Kitao school of ukiyo-e
Torii Kiyonaga 1752–1815 Printmaker, Fourth titular head of the Torii school
Utamaro 1753–1806 Printmaker, Painter
Koryusai 1735–1790 Printmaker
Hokusai 1760–1849 Ukiyo-e painter, woodblock print artist, Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji
Toyokuni 1769–1825 Printmaker, associated with the Utagawa school
Utagawa Kunimasa 1773–1810 Printmaker
Toyohiro 1773–1828 Printmaker and painter of the Utagawa school, teacher of Hiroshige
Hiroshige 1797–1858 Ukiyo-e 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 1810–1864 Printmaker of the Osaka school
Soseki 1822–1877 Printmaker
Utagawa Kunisada II 1823–1880 Printmaker of the Utagawa school
Hokuei Printmaker
Yoshifuji 1828–1887 Printmaker
Kunimasu Printmaker
Kawanabe Kyosai 1831–1889 Student of Kuniyoshi, first Japanese political cartoonist
Toyohara Kunichika 1835–1900 Printmaker known for actor prints
Fusatane Printmaker
Kunikazu Printmaker
Enjaku Printmaker
Yamamoto Shōun 1870–1965 Printmaker
Yoshitoshi 1839–1892 Printmaker, one of the last great masters of ukiyo-e

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