Ukiyo-e Artists .

Early Edo period

• Founder of ukiyo-e, hand-painted artworks(Nikuhitsu-ga, 肉筆浮世絵)
• Notable Works: Beauty looking back, Standing Courtesan, Beauty Turning Her Head

Early Edo period, Rinpa school(琳派)

• Founder of the Rinpa school, studied under Soken Yamamoto, Yamato-e(大和絵), Maki-e(蒔絵)
• Notable Works: Cranes, Pines, and Bamboo, Writing Box

Early Edo period, Torii school(鳥居派)

• Shobei, founder of the Torii school, studied with his father Kiyomoto
• Notable Works: The Actor Hanaoka Miyako, The Actor Yamanaka Heikuro I, The Actor Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho (?) Actor as Woman with Hobby–horse in Unidentified Role, The actor Otani Oniji in the role of Omoni Hikoshichi

Early Edo period

• Ukiyo-e master, Bunkado(文華堂), Jitokusai(自得斎), Jitokuso(自得叟)
• Notable Works: Young Lady Taking a Lesson on the Shamisen, The Mrawing manual: The Evergreens, Illustrated Proverbs, The Illustrated Lives of Women, Courtesan with a Kitten

Early Edo period, Kaigetsudō school(懐月堂派)

• Founder of the Kaigetsudō school, Bijin-ga(美人画), only paintings and never woodblock prints
• Notable Works: Standing Courtesan, Courtesan and Attendant, Courtesan

Early Edo period, Miyagawa school(宮川派)

• Chozaemon(長左衛門), Shunkyokudo(春旭堂),founder of the Miyagawa school, Bijin-ga, Shunga(春画), Nikuhitsu-ga(肉筆浮世絵)
• Notable Works: Handscroll of Ten Homoerotic (Nanshoku) Scenes, Gyoran Kannon, Spring Dancers, Festivals of the Twelve Months

Early Edo period

• Bunkaku(文角),Hogetsudo(芳月堂), Tanchosai(丹鳥齋),Ukiyo-e painter, book publisher, Bijin-ga, Uki-e(浮絵), Urushi-e(漆絵), Habahiro hashira-e(柱絵), Benizuri-e(紅摺絵)
• Notable Works: Perpsective View of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoya Sanza, The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo I as Sukeroku, A Monkey Trainer and His Monkey

Early Edo period

• Kagekadō, Eikado, Senkado Hyakuju, Ukiyo-e, Bijin-ga, Yakusha-e(役者絵), Uki-e(浮絵), Ishizuri-e(石摺絵)
• Notable Works: Triptych of Loving Couples Playing a Trio of Musical Instruments, The Actor Arashi Wakano, The Korean Ambassador on His Way to the Capital

Mid-Edo period

• Choeiken, Shikojin(思工人), one of the Six Great Ukiyo-e Masters, the first to produce full-color prints(Nishiki-e, 錦絵), Bijin-ga
• Notable Works: A Flute-Playing Monk (Komusō); The Fourth Month (Uzuki), Asakusa Seiran, Yozei no In、Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Kyo, Young Man and Woman Caught in the Rain while Enjoying Cherry Blossoms, The Watchers and the Watched, A Young Woman in a Summer Shower, Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper 

Late mid-Edo period

• Jugasei, Kyokurosei, Masateru, actor prints(Yakusha-e,役者絵)
• Notable Works: Women and events of the 12 months, Ichikawa Danjūrō V in the Scene “Five Chivalrous Commoners”

Late mid-Edo period, Utagawa school(歌川派)

• Ichiryūsai(一龍斎), Tajimaya Shojiroother(但馬屋庄次郎), Tajimaya Shojiro(新右衛門), founder of the Utagawa school, perspective prints(Uki-e)
• Notable Works: Perspective Print (Uki-e) of the Theaters in Sakaichō and Fukiyachō on Opening Night, Perspective Print: Shinobazu Pond, Kawabiraki,、Courtesan and her Attendant un, New Great Bridge at Naka Zu in Edo, Six small perspective views, Koto, Young Man and Woman with a Kite, Fishing, Sakaichō Fukiyachō Kaomise Yoshibai no Zu

Mid-Edo period, Kitao school(北尾派)

• Kosuisai(紅翠斎), founder of the Kitao school, Bijin-ga
• Notable Works: Two Geishas Out Walking, Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists, No. 5: Noda River in Mutsu Province, No. 6: Tama River of Koyasan in Kii Province

Mid-Edo period, Kitao school

• Kuwagata Keisai(鍬形恵斎), Painter and print artist. Pupil of Kitao Shigemasa, abbreviated style(ryakuga-shiki)
• Notable Works: Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo, The Servants of the Dragon King of the Sea: Fish and Shells

Late mid-Edo period, Torii school

• Sekiguchi Shinsuke, one of the Six Great Ukiyo-e Masters, the Torii school, Bijin-ga, Nishiki-e(錦絵), Shunga(春画)
• Notable Works: Evening on the Banks of the Sumida River, The Peony Show, The Fifth Month

Late mid-Edo period

• Utamaro(哥麿), Yusuke(勇助), Ichitaro(市太郎), Fude no Ayamaru(筆綾丸), Mokuen(木燕), one of the Six Great Ukiyo-e Masters, pupil of Toriyama Sekien, Ōkubi-e(大首絵), Bijin-ga
• Notable Works: Three Beauties of the Kwansei Period,Hour of the Rat: Mistress, Azumaya no Hana,Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon, 忠臣蔵四段目, A Merry Evening Party