Politician and poet,painter.Learned under Shinozaki Shochiku and Saito Setsudo.After opened Meiji government ,became govener of Ishimaki and Tome.After retirement ,lived in Kyoto. ...click for details
Ogyű Sorai (March 21, 1666, Edo, Japan – February 28, 1728, Edo), also known by the pen name Butsu Sorai, was a Japanese Confucian philosopher. He has been described as the most influential such scholar during the Tokugawa period. His primary ...click for details
Nanga painter.Son of a samurai in the service of the daimyo of Tokushima,Awa Province.Studied calligraphy and Kano style painting in Tokushima,Buddhism at Koyasan.Traveled to Nagasaki to study bunjinga under Hidaka Tetsuo;to Edo to ...click for details
Nanga painter.Born in Mino Province.First to Edo,then to Kyoto,where he lived a secluded life.The Confucian scholars Koga Seiri and Yamamoto Hokuzan were his mentors and may have had much to do with his poetic talent. Best known as a poet ...click for details
Nanga painter.Also a Confucian scholar. Born in Kyoto. At age of 14 to Edo to study under the Confucianist Ogyu Sorai.Later held a minor position in the bakufu.On his own,studied the paintings of Shubun and Sesshu. Specialized in landsca ...click for details
Nanga painter.Son of a samurai in the service of the daimyo of Tokushima,Awa Province.Studied calligraphy and Kano style painting in Tokushima,Buddhism at Koyasan.Traveled to Nagasaki to study bunjinga under Hidaka Tetsuo;to Edo to ...click for details
Ema Tenko:1825-1901
Calligrapher,poet also doctor.Born in Omi Province as sixth son of Shimosaka family,and was adopted to Ema Ryuen is doctor in Kyoto.
Learned poem under Yanagawa Seigan,and later,taught confucianism in Ritsumeikan.Had collection of Chinese calligraphy from after Wang Xizhi till Qing dynasty.His writing seems to devote Zh ...click for details
Nanga painter.Son of a samurai in the service of the daimyo of Tokushima,Awa Province.Studied calligraphy and Kano style painting in Tokushima,Buddhism at Koyasan.Traveled to Nagasaki to study bunjinga under Hidaka Tetsuo;to Edo to study C ...click for details
Nanga painter.Lived in Kyoto;son of a famous scholar of Chinese literature and philosophy.Known as a Confucian scholar and an author as well as a painter.Studied painting under Mochizuki gyokusen Shigemori,later under Maruyama Okyo;finally ...click for details
