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1800Oceanic ArtRomanticismOrientalismHudson River SchoolEarly PhotographyBarbizon SchoolPre RaphaelitesRealismImpressionismMeiji ArtEarly ModernismPost-Impressionism1900
Modernism
1870SymbolismArt NouveauVienna SecessionFauvismSocial RealismExpressionismFuturismCubismSuprematismDadaDe StijlHarlem RenaissanceConstructivismArt DecoRegionalismSurrealismHanoi SchoolAbstract ExpressionismMinimalism1960
Contemporary Art
1960Pop ArtPost ModernismShona SculptureContemporary Indigenous Australian ArtZaire School of Popular Painting2020

Edo Period

Art, culture, and NO OUTSIDERS

Portrait of Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai

The masters' master

1760-1849

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

An underdog artist pits monsters vs. superheroes

1797-1861
Portrait of Katsushika Ōi

Katsushika Ōi

The other half of Hokusai

1800-1866
Portrait of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Ghosts, madness, and the blood-soaked end of feudalism

1839-1892

Courtesan Asleep

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Woman with Morning Glories

Katsushika Ōi, c. 1820

Amida Waterfall on the Kisokaido Road

Katsushika Hokusai, 1827

Fuji from Goten-yama, at Shinagawa on the Tôkaidô

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Small Red Blossoms on a Vine

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Viewing Sunset over Ryôgoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Kohada Koheiji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831

Ushibori in Hitachi Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830-1831

Fujimigahara in Owari Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830-1832

The Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami

Katsushika Hokusai, 1832

Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

The Earth Spider Creating Monsters

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843

The Taira ghosts rising from the sea to attack Yoshitsune’s ship

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845

Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Specter

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843-1847

Kinuta: Beauty Fulling Cloth in the Moonlight

Katsushika Ōi, 1850

Beauty Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Night

Katsushika Ōi, 1850

Ghosts, Devils and the King of Hell

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850

Night Scene in the Yoshiwara

Katsushika Ōi, 1850

Operating on Guanyu's Arm

Katsushika Ōi, 1850

The Okazaki Cat Demon

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850

Three Women Playing Musical Instruments

Katsushika Ōi, 1850

Ushiwakamaru Fights Benkei on Gojô Bridge

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847-1850

The Palace of the Dragon King

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1853

Tamatori escaping from the Dragon King

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1853

Prince Yoshitsune learning the art of swordsmanship

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1858

The Poet Dainagon Sees an Apparition

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1860

Kiyohime, Emerging from the Hidaka River, Turning into a Serpent

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Ôya Tarô Mitsukuni

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

100 Aspects, No 1. The Courtesan Takao

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 2. Chang'e flees to the moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 3. Rising Moon Over Mt. Nanping

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 4. The Gion District

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 5. A Poem by Kikaku

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 6. The Village of the Shi Clan on a Moonlit Night

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 7. Inaba Mountain Moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 8. Moonlight Patrol

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 9. Mountain moon after rain

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

100 Aspects, No 10. Moon of pure snow at Asano River

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

The Ghost of Akugenta Yoshihira

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1889
Next Movement

Qing Dynasty

Benevolent emperors and the height of literature and art

1644-1912

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