Gagyu UEDA  -  born 1921      

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Gagyu Ueda was born in Hyogo prefecture. He graduated from Kawabata Painting School. The artist works as a painter and printmaker.
Catalog Gagyu Ueda born 1921 - artelino

Gakuryo NAKAMURA  -  1890-1969      Order of Cultural Merit

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Gakuryo Nakamoto was born in Shizuoka prefecture and graduated in 1912 from Tokyo School of Fine Arts.In 1962 he received the order of Cultural Merit. His favorite technique were woodblock prints.
Catalog Gakuryo Nakamura 1890-1969 - artelino

Gakusui IDE  -  1899-1992      Woodblocks of Birds and Flowers

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Gakusui Ide was born in 1899 in Yamanashi prefecture. He lived in China from 1929 until 1946. After the Pacific war he began making woodblock prints. Favorite subjects were kacho-e, images of birds and flowers. They were published by Watanabe Shozaburo. Famous are his depictions of white herons against a black background.
Catalog Gakusui Ide 1899-1992 - artelino

Gakutei YASHIMA  -  1786-1868      Poet, Writer and Printmaker

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Gakutei was appreciated as a good Ukiyo-e craftsman in his time. But he was better known as a poet and writer. Gakutei was a kyoka poet, putting his own poems on his prints. He also translated a 16th century Chinese novel, "Hsi-yi" (Journey to the West) in Japanese and enriched it with illustrations of his own design. And Gakutei produced many excellent surimono and book illustrations.
Catalog Gakutei Yashima 1786-1868 - artelino

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

Getsuzan OGATA  -  1859-1920      

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Ogata Getsuzan was the son of the famous printmaker Ogata Gekko and was therefore his father's favored student.
Catalog Getsuzan Ogata 1859-1920 - artelino

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