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Fireflies by Shuho Yamagata（山川秀峰）
http://atelierrusses.jugem.jp/?month=200901
http://www.sarugallery.com/japanese_woodblock_prints_ukiyoe/artists/shuho_yamakawa.html
Yamakawa Shûhô is known as a painter as well as a printmaker. He was born in Kyoto, and he was one of the many pupils of Kaburagi Kiyokata (who also taught Itô Shinsui). Like Shinsui he also worked as an illustrator in the 1930s. In this period a relatively small number of woodblock prints were published by Watanabe and Bijutsu-sha.
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Streetwalker
Hokusai Katsushika（葛飾北斎）
http://akumamoto.web.fc2.com/fc5/page038.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October 31, 1760 (exact date questionable) – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period…….In the West, the artist may be known for his woodblock print of The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
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Hokusai Katsushika（葛飾北斎）
http://akumamoto.web.fc2.com/fc5/page038.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October 31, 1760 (exact date questionable) – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period…….In the West, the artist may be known for his woodblock print of The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
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Harunobu Suzuki （鈴木春信）
http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2127365284873157501/2127372018873889303
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Harunobu
(鈴木 春信?, 1725? – July 7, 1770) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety of subjects, from classical poems to contemporary beauties. Like many artists of his day, Harunobu also produced a number of shunga, or erotic images. During his lifetime and shortly afterwards, many artists imitated his style. A few, such as Harushige, even boasted of their ability to forge the work of the great master. Much about Harunobu’s life is unknown.
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流しびな（Nagashi-bina）
Nagashi-bina (paper dolls floated downriver) is an event which is said to be the origin of the Dolls’ Festival on 3rd of March in Japan.
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![http://www.lastfm.jp/music/梶芽衣子/+images/27199203
Meiko Kaji (梶 芽衣子 Kaji Meiko?), born March 24, 1947 in Chiyoda, Tokyo is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in about 100 films,[3] with her most famous roles being outlaw characters in early 1970s films, such as the rebels of the Stray Cat Rock series, the assassin Lady Snowblood, or the murderous Sasori from the Female Convict 701: Scorpion series.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/3550fd82239c42b026fa82ccf161adf3/tumblr_miitjfp9Fo1qivc0io1_400.jpg)
http://www.lastfm.jp/music/梶芽衣子/+images/27199203
Meiko Kaji (梶 芽衣子 Kaji Meiko?), born March 24, 1947 in Chiyoda, Tokyo is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in about 100 films,[3] with her most famous roles being outlaw characters in early 1970s films, such as the rebels of the Stray Cat Rock series, the assassin Lady Snowblood, or the murderous Sasori from the Female Convict 701: Scorpion series.
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Suehiro Maruo (丸尾 末広)
http://inenuko.blog.fc2.com/blog-category-8.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suehiro_Maruo
Many of Maruo’s illustrations depict graphic sex and violence and are therefore referred to as contemporary muzan-e (a subset of Japanese ukiyo-e depicting violence or other atrocities.) Maruo himself featured in a 1988 book on the subject with fellow artist Kazuichi Hanawa entitled Bloody Ukiyo-e (江戸昭和競作無惨絵英名二十八衆句), presenting their own contemporary works alongside the traditional prints of Yoshitoshi and Yoshiku.
Maruo’s nightmarish manga fall into the Japanese category of “erotic grotesque” (エログロ; “ero-guro”). The stories often take place in the early years of Showa Era Japan. Maruo also has a fascination with human oddities, deformities, birth defects, and “circus freaks.” Many such characters figure prominently in his stories and are sometimes the primary subjects of his illustrations. His most recent work is an adaption of the story “The Strange Tale of Panorama Island” byEdogawa Rampo. An English translation of this work is to be published by Last Gasp in spring 2010.
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Maiko who makes up（化粧する舞妓）
http://zenku.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2012/12/post-4d27.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryōhei_Koiso
Ryōhei Koiso (小磯 良平 Koiso Ryōhei?) (July 25, 1903 - December 16, 1988) was a Japanese artist. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts western art department in 1927 and had a successful career from early on. During World War II he was often commissioned paintings depicting Japanese military scenes, such as the signing of the British surrender of Singapore, and Japanese infantrymen making their way through high grass fields in Malaysia. He returned to mainstream painting following the war, and painted until his death.
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A maiko girl in the 19th century
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Kiyoshi Kobayakawa（小早川清）
小児麻痺後遺症により左手だけで絵を描いた
http://www.hanga.com/bio.cfm?ID=41
Kobayakawa Kiyoshi is best known for designing woodblock prints of modern Japanese women. Born in Hakata, a town in the Fukuoka Province of Kyushu, Kiyoshi was one of many artists who studied with Kaburagi Kiyokata, the famous painter and print designer. Kiyoshi entered Kiyokata’s school at age twenty and probably knew Kiyokata’s other students including Ito Shinsui, Kawase Hasui, and Torii Kotondo. Unfortunately, little is known about Kiyoshi’s life compared to those other print designers. During the 1920’s and 1930’s, he exhibited Nihonga (Japanese-style) paintings at several exhibitions including the Kyodokai and the Imperial Academy Exhibition. In 1923, he contributed a print design to the series, “Complete Collection of Chikamatsu”. This was probably Kiyoshi’s first experience designing woodblock prints……………………………
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Yoshiko Otaka（大鷹淑子/旧姓：山口）
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiko_Ōtaka
Yoshiko Ōtaka (大鷹 淑子 Ōtaka Yoshiko), (English stage name: Shirley Yamaguchi) (born February 12, 1920) is a China-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States. She was elected as a member of the JapaneseDiet in the 1970s and served for 18 years.
