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- Hibari Misora. One of the most famous and influential artists in the kayokyoku scene. She had a powerful voice and sang in a variety of genres, including pop, enka, and jazz.
- Hachiro Kasuga. Hachiro Kasuga was another popular kayokyoku singer known for his deep, rich voice and his renditions of traditional Japanese songs. His hit songs include "Kojo no Tsuki," "Sakura Sakura," and "Furusato Yubin."
- Pink Lady. The female duo consisted of Mie and Kei, who were one of the most successful musical acts of the late 1970s. Their energetic dance routines and catchy pop songs made them household names in Japan.
- Chage and Aska. A pop duo formed in the late 1970s, they were known for their heartfelt ballads and upbeat pop songs. Their hit songs include "Say Yes," "Meguriai," and "On Your Mark."
The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, potentially "period of enlightened peace/harmony" or "period of radiant Japan"), or Shōwa era, refers to the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 until his death on January 7, 1989.
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Sesshu Toyo
- Kano Eitoku
- Takashhi Murakami
- Fujishima Takeji
- Kawanabe Kyosai
- Hiroshi Yoshida
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Hasegawa Tohaku
- Tomioka Tessai
Hokusai was born in September 1760 (Treasure calendar 10) in Edo Honsho Wari Sewage. After that, at the age of four, he was adopted by the shogunate mirror master, Ise Nakajima, and spent his time doing sketches. He became a disciple of a wood carving craftsman at the age of 14 because his hands were dexterous. At the age of 19, he was introduced t...
Sesshu, an ink painter who was active during the Muromachi period, is also called “Gakusei,” and is highly regarded not only in Japan but also in China, the birthplace of ink painting. However, there are many people who hear Sesshu and say, “I know the name, but I don’t know much about his life.” Sesshu was born in Bitchū (currently Soja City, Okay...
Eitoku Kano was born on January 13, 1543 in Kyoto. The Kano family is a family of painters, beginning with Masanobu Kano, who served as a painter for the 8th Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (the person who built the Ginkaku) in the 15th century. Eitoku, the great-grandson of the first Masanobu Kano family and the fourth generation, was a thoroughbred ble...
Takashi Murakami is a contemporary artist, pop artist, and president of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., born in 1962. I’m from Tokyo University of the Arts. In addition to producing works, he is the chairman of the art event “GEISAI” project, and presides over Kaikai Kiki, an artist group to which Chiho Aoshima and others belong. While producing works, he w...
Takeji Fujishima was born October 15, 1867 and was active as a Western-style painter. From the Meiji era to the first half of the Showa era, he was also a major figure who played a leading role in Japanese Western-style painting for a long time. He has left many romantic styled works of art. He learned Japanese painting from Shijo school painters a...
Kawanabe Kyosai was the youngest of nine siblings. His childhood name was Katsunosuke. In 1862 (2nd year of Bunkyu), his father died when he was 15 years old and so Katsunosuke took the genpuku, named Kiyochika, that succeeded the family. In 1865 (2nd year of Genji, 1st year of Keio ), he accompanied Iemochi Tokugawa (second Choshu expedition ) and...
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) was known as a painter who led the Western art world in the fields of watercolors, oil paintings, and prints from the Meiji era to the Showa era, and was active as a central figure in the Pacific Painting Society. Also Read: Watercolor Artists After the publication of his own woodblock prints at the age of 44, he publish...
The year of birth, place of birth, and birthplace for Kitagawa Utamaro is unknown. Regarding the year of birth, it is often calculated as 1753 (3rd year of the Horeki calendar) from the year of death (54 years old). The place of birth is not certain. Some say that it is Edo, Kawagoe, or Kyoto, but there is a record that he became a student of Toriy...
Born in 1539 and died on March 19th, 1610, Hasegawa Tohakuwas a painter from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period. His childhood name was Matashiro. Initially, he was called Nobuharu . Along and he was a representative painter of the Momoyama period. He became a popular Buddhist painter and posed a threat to the Kano school, which was...
Tessai was born on December 19, 7th year of Tenpo. During his training, he was taught Confucianism by Nanko Ohsumi and Yukitaka Kubota. Although the detailed backgrounds of these two people are still unknown, they are believed to have had considerable skill and belonged to the school called the North-South joint school. This school encourage free s...
Jan 27, 2020 · Morooka Koji, The Emperor and the Empress after the End of the War, from the Tokyo series, 1947. Gelatin silver print. Yokohama Museum of Art. Japan’s Shōwa era – a period corresponding to the 63-year reign of Japanese Emperor Hirohito – began in the shadow of a cataclysm.
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Growing up in postwar Japan, Inoue Yūichi struggled to find a personal artistic voice grounded in traditional East Asian calligraphic practice and discovered that he was more inspired by the abstract gestural art advocated by rebellious Japanese and Western artists.
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Munakata Shikō is recognized as one of the most highly acclaimed Japanese painters and woodblock print artist of the twentieth century. Munakata’s reputation was established when he was recognized the mid-1930s by the prominent art critic Yanagi Sōetsu (1889–1961).
