List of Japanese women artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Japan or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
A
- Chako Abeno, manga artist
- Fuku Akino, painter
- Akira Amano, manga artist
- Kozue Amano, manga artist
- Yasuko Aoike, manga artist
- Kotomi Aoki, manga artist
- Ume Aoki, manga artist
- Chiho Aoshima, pop artist
- Hina Aoyama, paper-cutting artist, illustrator
- Kiyoko Arai, manga artist
- Hiromu Arakawa, manga artist
- Sakura Asagi, illustrator, manga artist
- Yū Asagiri, manga artist
- George Asakura, manga artist
- Hinako Ashihara, manga artist
- Izumi Aso, manga artist
B
- Ippongi Bang, multimedia and manga artist
C
- Toriko Chiya, manga artist
- Junko Chodos, mixed media artist, now in the United States
- Nanae Chrono, manga artist
- Clamp, manga artists
E
- Eiki Eiki, manga artist
- Kinuko Emi, painter
- Nariko Enomoto, manga artist
F
- Chie Fueki, Japanese-American painter
- Mihona Fujii, manga artist
- Kazuko Fujita, manga artist
- Cocoa Fujiwara, manga artist
- Hiro Fujiwara, manga artist
- Keiko Fukazawa, ceramicist and sculptor
- Ikuyo Fujita, needle felt artist
H
- Moto Hagio, manga artist
- Haruko Hasegawa, war painter
- Akiko Hatsu, manga artist
- Nanae Haruno, manga artist
- Bisco Hatori, manga artist
- Q Hayashida, manga artist
- Akiko Higashimura, manga artist
- Tatsu Hirota, painter
- Fumiko Hori, Nihonga painter
- Kayoko Hoshino, ceramicist
I
- Megumi Igarashi, sculptor, manga artist
- Yuki Iiyama
- Ike Gyokuran, painter, calligrapher, poet
- Leiko Ikemura, Japanese-Swiss painter, sculptor
- Tari Ito, performance artist
K
- Sachiko Kamimura, animator and character designer
- Shirley Kaneda, artist, educator, writer, based in New York
- Betty Nobue Kano, painter, now in the United States
- Tamako Kataoka, Nihonga painter
- Mari Katayama, multimedia artist
- Katsushika Ōi, Ukiyo-e artist
- Yuko Takada Keller, artist, curator, writer, based in Denmark
- Kitamura Junko, ceramist
- Chigusa Kitani, painter and painting teacher
- Kiyohara Tama, painter, based in Italy
- Kiyohara Yukinobu, niece of Kanō Tan'yū, member of the famous Kano School
- Asami Kiyokawa, embroidery artist
- Rieko Kodama, video game designer, artist
- Nahoko Kojima, paper cut artist
- Shigeko Kubota, video artist, sculptor
- Yayoi Kusama, multidisciplinary artist, writer
M
- Toshi Maruki, painter, illustrator, activist
- Keiko Masumoto, contemporary ceramist
- Matsuda Yuriko, ceramist
- Fuyuko Matsui, Nihonga painter
- Samizu Matsuki ), painter, educator
- Mei Matsuoka, children's illustrator and author
- Migishi Setsuko, painter and illustrator
- Mitsukazu Mihara, illustrator, manga artist and writer
- Keiko Minami, painter, engraver, poet
- Kimiyo Mishima, ceramic artist
- Aiko Miyanaga, sculptor
- Mokona, manga artist
- Junko Mori, sculptor
- Mariko Mori, contemporary artist
N
- Chiyoko Nakatani, children's picture book illustrator
- Tsubaki Nekoi, manga artist
- Minako Nishiyama, contemporary artist
O
- Obetomo, illustrator and animator
- Nanase Ohkawa, manga artist
- Yoko Ono, multimedia artist, singer, peace activist
- Emi Ozawa, contemporary artist
P
- Junco Sato Pollack, textile artist, based in the United States
S
- Shima Seien, nihonga artist
- Yoshiko Shimada, video artist, feminist
- Toko Shinoda, painter, calligrapher
- Michiko Suganuma, Urushi lacquer artist
- Hiromi Suzuki, visual poetry artist and fiction writer
T
- Tomoko Takahashi, installation artist, based in London
- Mitsuba Takanashi, manga artist
- Aya Takano, manga artist, writer
- Chieko Takamura, oil painter, paper cutter
- Tsuneko Taniuchi, contemporary performance artist
- Atsuko Tanaka, avant-garde artist
- Yoko Tawada, writer, now in Germany
- Kea Tawana, sculptor, active in the United States
- Yoko Terauchi, sculptor
- Tomiyama Taeko, painter
- Naoko Tosa, artist
U
- Shōen Uemura, painter
- Hana Usui, visual artist, now in Europe
W
- Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, textile artist
Y
- Ayano Yamane, manga artist
- Yamashita Rin, icon painter
- Hisae Yanase, ceramist
- Yuri Yokomizo, illustrator and graphic designer