Japanese Art inherited much of it art and design ideas from the Chinese. They took it, changed it, and ended up with something quintessentially Japanese.

Masterpieces of Japanese Art include:
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Landscape of the Four Seasons: Sesson Shukei,
Waterfall at Ono: Katsushika Hokusai
ART MUSEUM NAGOYA JAPAN
First Illustration to the "Azumaya" Chapter of The Tale of Genji: Takayoshi, Tokugawa
Women at Koto Practice, Suzuki Harunobu,
Waterfall at Ono: Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese Artists include:

KITAGAWA UTAMARO

ANDO HIROSHIGE

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA

UTAGAWK TOYOHIRO

HISHIKAWA MORONOBU

OKUMURA MASANOBU

SUZUKI HARUNOBU
 

Toba Sojo
Takanobu Fujiwara - 1142-1205
Noami Shubun - 1397-1471
Geriami Shubun - 1431-1485
Soami Shubun 1472-1506
Yosa Buson - 1716-1783
Ukiyo-e Painters & Printmakers
Tori Kiyonobu 1
Sukenobu
Miyagawa Choshun
Miyagawa Shunsui
Miyagawa Issho
Toriyama Sekien
Katsukawa Shunsho
Sharaku
Kitao Shigemasa
Torii Kiyonaga
Utamao
Koryusai
Toyokuni
Utagawa Kunimasa
Toyahiro
Shuncho
Bunro
Konishi
Hirosada
Soseki
Utagawa Kunisada
Hokuei
Yoshifuji
Kunimasu
Kawanage
Kyosai
Kunichika
Fusatane
Kunikazu
Enjaku
Yoshitoshi
Munakata Shiko

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