Japanese Artists– category –

118 prints of Edo made in the last three years of Hiroshige's life — the most comprehensive visual document of a pre-modern city ever created, and the finest japanese wall art series in ukiyo-e history.

Kitagawa Utamaro was the greatest painter of bijin — beautiful women — in Japanese art history. His revolutionary close-up portraits transformed the genre and influenced Western art.

He appeared in 1794, produced 140 intensely psychological actor portraits in 10 months, and then completely disappeared. The greatest mystery in ukiyo-e history.

Van Gogh copied them in oil paint. Monet collected them. Hiroshige's rain and snow scenes are some of the most influential weather paintings in history. Here's why.

He drew samurai battles with cinematic drama, cats in human situations with deadpan humor, and historical epics with unprecedented scale. Meet the most eccentric genius of ukiyo-e.

Both are legends of Japanese woodblock prints — but their visions of the world couldn't be more different. A side-by-side comparison of their styles, subjects, and legacies.