Top Ukiyo-E Artists: The Fashionable Edo to Meiji Era Painters

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Ukiyo-e Artists

Kitagawa Utamaro

1753-1806

Famous For: Influencing the Western Hemisphere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utamaro



Katsushika Hokusai

1760-1849

Famous for: “36 Views of Mount Fuji”, Influencing Van Gogh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai



Utagawa Toyokuni

1769-1825

Famous For: Actor Prints, and Geisha prints

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utagawa_Toyokuni



Utagawa Toyohiro

1773-1828

Famous For: Teaching Utagawa Hiroshige

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Utagawa Kunisada

1786-1865

Famous For: over 14,500 surviving and cataloged prints

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunisada



Toshusai Sharaku

1794-1795

Works possibly realized by Kastushiki Hokusai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharaku



Utagawa Hiroshige

1797-1858

Famous For: “The Fifty-Three Stations of Tokaido”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshige



Utagawa Kuniyoshi

1797-1861

Famous For: “One Hundred and Eight Tales of the Suikoden”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utagawa_Kuniyoshi



Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1839-1892

Famous For: Being the last great master of Ukiyo-e

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitoshi