Most Famous Japanese Artists

Japan has produced 104 notable artists throughout history, led by Hiroshige. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
Citizenship All
H
Hiroshige Japanese Painter 1797 – 1858
# 2,678
YK
Yayoi Kusama Japanese Artist Born 1929
# 3,141
TA
Tadao Ando Japanese Architect Born 1941
# 3,334
KT
Kenzō Tange Japanese Architect 1913 – 2005
# 4,140
TM
Takashi Murakami Japanese Sculptor Born 1962
# 5,562
KK
Kisho Kurokawa Japanese Architect 1934 – 2007
# 9,552
KS
Kazuyo Sejima Japanese Architect Born 1956
# 12,083
IM
Issey Miyake Japanese Designer Born 1938
# 12,799
AI
Arata Isozaki Japanese Architect Born 1931
# 14,426
HM
Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese Painter 1618 – 1694
# 17,827
KK
Kengo Kuma Japanese Architect Born 1954
# 20,552
US
Uemura Shōen Japanese Painter 1875 – 1949
# 22,495
KS
Kuroda Seiki Japanese Painter 1866 – 1924
# 24,978
KT
Kenzō Takada Japanese Designer 1939 – 2020
# 27,225
TO
Tarō Okamoto Japanese Sculptor 1911 – 1996
# 30,069
OK
On Kawara Japanese Painter 1933 – 2014
# 31,090
DM
Daidō Moriyama Japanese Photographer Born 1938
# 31,454
HT
Hasegawa Tōhaku Japanese Painter 1539 – 1610
# 33,879
MŌ
Maruyama Ōkyo Japanese Painter 1733 – 1795
# 34,843
UT
Utagawa Toyokuni Japanese Painter 1769 – 1825
# 37,625