List of Japanese artists

This is a list of Japanese artists. This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. For information on those who work primarily in film, television, advertising, manga, anime, video games, or performance arts, please see the relevant respective articles.

Heian and Kamakura periods

Name	Life	Comments	Reference
Kanō Masanobu	1434–1530	Founder of the Kanō School, chief painter to Ashikaga shogunate during his time
Kanō Motonobu	1476–1559	Painter of the Kanō School, son of Kanō Masanobu
Kanō Eitoku	1543–1590	Painter, re-founder of the Kanō school
Kanō Mitsunobu	d. 1608	Son of Eitoku, inherited Kanō school after his father's death
Kanō Tan'yū	1602–1674	Prominent Kanō school painter, official painter to the Tokugawa shogunate
Kanō Hōgai	1828–1888	Among the last of the Kanō school painters, incorporated Western stylistic elements
Hashimoto Gahō	1835–1908	Among the last of the Kanō school painters, chief professor of painting at two schools

Name	Life	Comments	Reference
Yokoyama Taikan	1868–1958	Painter
Okuda Gensou	1912–2003	Nihonga painter of the Shōwa era, gave his name to 'Gensou red' pigment
Goto Jin	Born 1968	Nihonga painter of the Heisei era.Human Beauty paintings.
Fuyuko Matsui	Born 1974	Contemporary Nihonga painter living in Tokyo.