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Art & Design 194
Japan 2,162
2,678 H 
Hiroshige Japanese Painter 1797–1858
Hiroshige Japanese Painter 1797–1858 3,141 YK 
Yayoi Kusama Japanese Artist b. 1929
Yayoi Kusama Japanese Artist b. 1929 3,334 TA 
Tadao Ando Japanese Architect b. 1941
Tadao Ando Japanese Architect b. 1941 3,592 AT 
Akira Toriyama Japanese Manga b. 1955
Akira Toriyama Japanese Manga b. 1955 4,140 KT 
Kenzō Tange Japanese Architect 1913–2005
Kenzō Tange Japanese Architect 1913–2005 5,438 MK Masashi Kishimoto Japanese Manga b. 1974
5,562 TM 
Takashi Murakami Japanese Sculptor b. 1962
Takashi Murakami Japanese Sculptor b. 1962 6,676 NU 
Naoki Urasawa Japanese Manga b. 1960
Naoki Urasawa Japanese Manga b. 1960 7,176 RT 
Rumiko Takahashi Japanese Manga b. 1957
Rumiko Takahashi Japanese Manga b. 1957 7,560 EO Eiichiro Oda Japanese Manga b. 1975
9,552 KK 
Kisho Kurokawa Japanese Architect 1934–2007
Kisho Kurokawa Japanese Architect 1934–2007 10,070 HA Hiromu Arakawa Japanese Manga b. 1973
10,915 NT Naoko Takeuchi Japanese Manga b. 1967
11,596 JT 
Jiro Taniguchi Japanese Manga 1947–2017
Jiro Taniguchi Japanese Manga 1947–2017 11,847 TK Tite Kubo Japanese Manga b. 1977
12,083 KS Kazuyo Sejima Japanese Architect b. 1956
12,799 IM Issey Miyake Japanese Designer b. 1938
13,966 HM 
Hiro Mashima Japanese Manga b. 1977
Hiro Mashima Japanese Manga b. 1977 14,426 AI Arata Isozaki Japanese Architect b. 1931
14,508 ST 
Sesshū Tōyō Japanese Painting 1420–1506
Sesshū Tōyō Japanese Painting 1420–1506 15,681 SM 
Shigeru Mizuki Japanese Manga 1922–2015
Shigeru Mizuki Japanese Manga 1922–2015 15,880 HI 
Hajime Isayama Japanese Manga b. 1986
Hajime Isayama Japanese Manga b. 1986 16,203 GN 
Go Nagai Japanese Manga b. 1945
Go Nagai Japanese Manga b. 1945 16,614 YT Yoshihiro Togashi Japanese Manga b. 1966
17,428 MA Mitsuru Adachi Japanese Manga b. 1951
17,827 HM 
Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese Painter 1618–1694
Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese Painter 1618–1694 18,000 SI Shotaro Ishinomori Japanese Manga 1938–1998
18,277 GA Gosho Aoyama Japanese Manga b. 1963
20,552 KK 
Kengo Kuma Japanese Architect b. 1954
Kengo Kuma Japanese Architect b. 1954 21,009 KH Katsura Hoshino Japanese Manga b. 1980
21,060 IA 
Inio Asano Japanese Manga b. 1980
Inio Asano Japanese Manga b. 1980 22,495 US 
Uemura Shōen Japanese Painter 1875–1949
Uemura Shōen Japanese Painter 1875–1949 23,139 MK Masami Kurumada Japanese Manga b. 1953
24,225 TI 
Takehiko Inoue Japanese Manga b. 1967
Takehiko Inoue Japanese Manga b. 1967 24,636 TN 
Tsutomu Nihei Japanese Manga b. 1971
Tsutomu Nihei Japanese Manga b. 1971 24,978 KS 
Kuroda Seiki Japanese Painter 1866–1924
Kuroda Seiki Japanese Painter 1866–1924 25,542 MK 
Masakazu Katsura Japanese Manga b. 1962
Masakazu Katsura Japanese Manga b. 1962 26,980 FA 
Fujio Akatsuka Japanese Manga 1935–2008
Fujio Akatsuka Japanese Manga 1935–2008 27,225 KT Kenzō Takada Japanese Designer 1939–2020
29,817 MH 
Moto Hagio Japanese Manga b. 1949
Moto Hagio Japanese Manga b. 1949 30,069 TO 
Tarō Okamoto Japanese Sculptor 1911–1996
Tarō Okamoto Japanese Sculptor 1911–1996 30,446 KA Kiyohiko Azuma Japanese Manga b. 1968
30,769 KN Keiji Nakazawa Japanese Manga 1939–2012
31,062 TH Tsukasa Hojo Japanese Manga b. 1959
31,090 OK On Kawara Japanese Painter 1933–2014
31,454 DM Daidō Moriyama Japanese Photographer b. 1938
33,879 HT 
Hasegawa Tōhaku Japanese Painter 1539–1610
Hasegawa Tōhaku Japanese Painter 1539–1610 34,843 MŌ 
Maruyama Ōkyo Japanese Painter 1733–1795
Maruyama Ōkyo Japanese Painter 1733–1795 37,625 UT 
Utagawa Toyokuni Japanese Painter 1769–1825
Utagawa Toyokuni Japanese Painter 1769–1825 37,703 KA 
Kia Asamiya Japanese Manga b. 1963
Kia Asamiya Japanese Manga b. 1963
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