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Chronological Table of Artists

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Chronological Table of Artists (PDF file)

Event YearKyoho Reform 1716Tokugawa Yoshimune eases the ban on the import of western books 1720Uki-e become popular 1744Horeki calendar reform 1755The appearance of nishiki-e 1765Kaitaishinsho by Maeno Ryotaku, Sugita Genpaku, etc. 1774Kansei reform 1787Toji san-Bijin by Kitagawa Utamaro 1793Kansei calendar reform 1798Start of surveying by Ino Tadataka 1800Bero-ai begins to be used in ukiyo-e 1829Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai 1833Edo meisho zue is published 1836Tenpo reform 1841Tenpo calendar reform 1844Perry's visit 1853Edo Meisho Hyakkei by Utagawa Hiroshige 1856-58The Taisei Hokan and the Meiji Kaigen occurs 1867Ukiyo-e exhibition held in Paris 1890

Artists, Date of Birth and Death, Active period

  • Utagawa Toyoharu Date of Birth and Death : 1735-1814 Active period : Meiwa 5(1768)?-the year of death
  • Kitagawa Utamaro Date of Birth and Death : 1753-1806 Active period : Anei 4(1775)-the year of death
  • Utagawa Toyokuni 1 Date of Birth and Death : 1769-1825 Active period : Tenmei 8(1788)?-Bunsei 7(1824)
  • Utagawa Kunisada 1 Date of Birth and Death : 1786-1864 Active period : Bunka 4(1807)-Date of Death
  • Utagawa Kuniyasu Date of Birth and Death : 1794-1832 Active period : Bunka era(1804-18)-Tenpo era(1830-44)
  • Utagawa Kuninao Date of Birth and Death : 1793-1854 Active period : Bunka 9(1812)-late Tenpo era(1830-1844)
  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi Date of Birth and Death : 1798-1861 Active period : Bunka 9(1812)?-Man'en 1(1860)
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 1 Date of Birth and Death : 1797-1858 Active period : Bunsei era(1818)?-the year of death
  • Utagawa Sadatora Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Bunsei era(1818-1830)-Tenpo era(1830-1844)
  • Utagawa Sadafusa Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Bunsei era(1818-1830)-Kaei era(1848-1854)
  • Utagawa Kunitsuna Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Bunsei era(1818-1830)-Ansei era(1818-1860)
  • Utagawa Kuniteru 1 Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Bunsei era(1818-1830)-Ansei era(1854-1860)
  • Hashimono Sadahide Date of Birth and Death : 1807-? Active period : Bunsei 9(1826)-Meiji 8(1875)?
  • Utagawa Yoshitora Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Tenpo era(1830-1844)-Meiji 20(1887)?
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 2 Date of Birth and Death : 1826-1869 Active period : Koka era(1844-1847)-Meiji 1 or 2
  • Utagawa Yoshikazu Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Kaei era(1848-54)-Meiji 3?
  • Kawanabe Kyosai Date of Birth and Death : 1831-1889 Active period : Kaei 2(1849)-the year of death
  • Utagawa Kunisada 2 Date of Birth and Death : 1823-1880 Active period : Kaei 3(1850)?-the early Meiji era
  • Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Date of Birth and Death : 1839-1892 Active period : the late Kaei era(1848-54)-the year of death
  • Toyohara Kunichika Date of Birth and Death : 1835-1900 Active period : Ansei 1(1854)-the year of death
  • Ochiai Yoshiiku Date of Birth and Death : 1833-1904 Active period : the earlyAnsei era(1854-1860)-Meiji 22(1889)?
  • Utagawa Fusatane Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Ansei era(1854-60)-Meiji 30?
  • Katsushika Hokusai Date of Birth and Death : 1760-1849 Active period : Anei 8(1779)-the year of death
  • Shotei Hokuju Date of Birth and Death : 1763-1824? Active period : Late Kansei era(1789-1801)-Bunsei era(1818-1830)
  • Katsukawa Shunzan Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Tenmei era(1781-1789)-Kansei era(1789-1801)
  • Hosoda Eishi Date of Birth and Death : 1756-1829 Active period : Late Tenmei era(1781-1789)-the year of death
  • Eishosai Choki Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Late Tenmei era(1781-1789)-Bunka 6(1809)?
  • Keisai Eisen Date of Birth and Death : 1790-1848 Active period : late Bunka era(1804-18)-late Koka era(1844-48)
  • Tanka Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Bunsei era(1818-1830) or Tenpo era(1830-1844)-Kaei era(1818-1854)
  • Shunso Date of Birth and Death : ?-? Active period : Ansei era(1854-60)-Keio era(1865-1868)
  • Unknown