ART CURATOR JAPAN

Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese: 雪舟 等楊; Oda Tōyō since 1431, also known as Tōyō, Unkoku, or Bikeisai; 1420 – 26 August 1506) was the most prominent

Nōami (能阿弥, 1397–1471) was a dōbōshū (artist and art connoisseur for the shogunate) in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate, an esteemed

Kayama Matazo was a painter who employed a mixed technique. In 1949, he graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in

Akira Yamaguchi (山口 晃) (born 1969 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese contemporary artist.

Tarō Okamoto (岡本 太郎, Okamoto Tarō, February 26, 1911 – February 9, 1996) was a Japanese artist noted for his abstract and avant-garde

Ohara Koson (小原 古邨, Kanazawa 1877 – Tokyo 1945) was a Japanese painter and print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of

Yokoyama Taikan (横山 大観, November 2, 1868 – February 26, 1958) was the pseudonym of a major figure in pre-World War II Japanese painting.

Chihiro Iwasaki (いわさき　ちひろ (岩崎 知弘)[1], Iwasaki Chihiro, 15 December 1918 – 8 August 1974) was a Japanese artist and illustrator best known

Ike no Taiga (池大雅, 1723–1776) was a Japanese painter and calligrapher born in Kyoto during the Edo period. Together with Yosa Buson, he

Tanaka Isson (田中一村, 22 July 1908 – 11 September 1977) was the pseudonym of a Japanese Nihonga painter from the Shōwa period noted for his fl

Maruyama Ōkyo (円山 応挙, traditional characters: 圓山 應舉, June 12, 1733 – August 31, 1795), born Maruyama Masataka, was a Japanese artist active

Fuh-mi, born in 1970, has studied calligraphy, poetry and ikebana (Japanese floral art) since childhood. She describes her style as

Shigemori Masato was born in 1979 in Hiroshima. Although he never experienced war, Shigemori has been deeply marked by the tragedy of the

Baptiste Tavernier, born 1981 in France, pursues a creative path that has led him from experimental music to contemporary art through the

Arisa Okazaki, born 1983 in Nagasaki, explores all the techniques of ink painting since her childhood. She studied of course the sumi-e

Beniko Choji, born in 1991, graduated in 2013 from Joshibi University of Art & Design in Tokyo. She specialized in “traditional Japanese

Yujin Koyama was born 1949 in Niigata. At the time he graduated from medical school, he could not reconcile himself to give up his passion

Masako Takamasu is an artist who seeks new possibilities within the frames of Japanese graceful beauty and abstract painting. Born in Hirado

Jun Someya, born 1976 in Kanagawa. After working for several years in an office, he decided to quit his position and to become a

ARTIST miu, born 1975 in Japan, graduated from Takarazuka Art and Design University and studied under GUTAI master Shozo Shimamoto. She