Gekko OGATA  -  1859-1920      Painter, Printmaker and Lacquer Artist

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Gekko Ogata worked as a painter, printmaker and decorator of pottery and lacquerware. His favorite subjects were genre scenes from everday's life. During and after the Sino-Japanese war he produced a considerable number of war prints. Gekko won several prizes at exhibitions. His print style reminds more of paintings than of traditional woodblocks. Gekko's designs required great skill by the carvers and printers.
Catalog Gekko Ogata 1859-1920 - artelino

Gekko OHASHI  -  1895-?      

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Gekko Ohashi created woodblock prints mainly of Kabuki actors that were published by Kyoto Hanga-in.
Catalog Gekko Ohashi 1895-? - artelino

Gen YAMAGUCHI  -  1896-1976      Sosaku Hanga

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Gen Yamaguchi was born in Shizuoka prefecture. He studied with Koshiro Onchi and joined the Sosaku Hanga art movement. The artist contributed to the international print exhibitions in Ljubljana from 1956 and Lugano in 1958.
Catalog Gen Yamaguchi 1896-1976 - artelino

Gengyo MIYAGI  -  1817 - 1880      from Edo to Meiji

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Gengyo Miyagi's prints are characterized by the transition from the Edo to the Meiji period. After the arrival of the first foreigners in Japan, Gengyo Miyagi participated in the production of yokohama-e - woodblock prints with depictions of foreigners.
Catalog Gengyo Miyagi 1817 - 1880 - artelino

Gesso YOSHIMOTO  -  1881-1936      

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Gesso Yoshimoto designed woodblock prints of landscape scenes and kacho-e - images of birds and flowers. The large number of designs and their variety have long been in the shadow until the Robert O. Muller Collection came into the public awareness with a large number of beautiful designs by this artist.
Catalog Gesso Yoshimoto 1881-1936 - artelino

Gihachiro OKUYAMA  -  1907-1981      Great Landscape Woodblocks

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In his beginnings Gihachiro Okuyama earned a living designing posters and labels for commercial companies. He worked with Azechi Umetaro. In 1946 he established a publishing firm - the Japan Print Institute. This company produced among other products Hiroshige reproductions. Gihachiro produced more than a 1000 Japanese prints in his lifetime.
Catalog Gihachiro Okuyama 1907-1981 - artelino

Ginko ADACHI  -  active 1874-1897      Meiji Artist

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Ginko Adachi worked as a war correspondant and illustrator during the Sino-Japanese war. Besides war prints he produced actor portraits. Little is known about his life. He was born under the real name of Adachi Heishichi. Ginko studied with the Western-style painter Goseda Horyu I. Ginko made designs for prints of the Boshin rebellion in 1870.
Catalog Ginko Adachi active 1874-1897 - artelino

Gizan IZUNO  -  1885-1957      

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Gizan Izuno was born in Kyoto. He painted in Chinese style of the so-called Northern School. Prints were published by Uchida.
Catalog Gizan Izuno 1885-1957 - artelino

Goro KUMAGAI  -  born 1932      

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Goro Kumagai graduated from Musashino College of Fine Arts. The artist works in the traditional medium of Japanese woodblocks. Typical edition size is 75. Goro Kumagai took part in the International Print Biennales in Tokyo in the 1960s.
Catalog Goro Kumagai born 1932 - artelino

Goro TSURUTA  -  1890-1969      Insider Tip

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Goro Tsuruta was born in Tokyo. He studied art and later worked at an advertising company. Until 1920 he travelled and worked in Korea and Manchuria. He designed landscape and bijin prints in the 1920s that were published by Kato Junji and Sakai Kawaguchi.
Catalog Goro Tsuruta 1890-1969 - artelino