A World of Edo Art

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It is impossible to know how many artists created art during the 250 years of the Edo period, especially because the Kanō School and other art schools employed thousands of artists and many others never signed their work. This site features eighteen prominent artists, as well as unattributed works marked as "Unsigned." 

The artists' names are listed last name first, as is customary in Japan, and Edo artists were referred to by their first names, so Maruyama Ōkyo was known as Ōkyo, and Soga Shōhaku was known as Shōhaku.

Image of Ganku
Image of Itō Jakuchū
Image of Kanō School
Image of Katsushika Hokusai
Image of Kuroda Tōkō
Image of Maruyama Ōkyo
Image of Mori Sosen
Image of Nagasawa Rosetsu
Image of Ogata Kōrin
Image of Sakai Hōitsu
Image of Shibata Zeshin
Image of Soga Shōhaku
Image of Studio of Sōtatsu
Image of Suzuki Kiitsu
Image of Tawaraya Sōtatsu
Image of Tosa School
Image of Watanabe Shikō
Image of Yamamoto Baiitsu
Image of Unsigned