Tomioka Tessai

1837–1924 · Japan

Tomioka Tessai (25 January 1836 or 27 January 1837 – 31 December 1924) was the pseudonym for a painter and calligrapher in imperial Japan. He is regarded as the last major artist in the Bunjinga tradition and one of the first major artists of the Nihonga style. Wikipedia

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Works

“Taoist Immortals Celebrating Longevity”, 1923
“Scene Inspired by the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans”, 1894 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Tomioka Tessai Encountering with Immortal Women”, 1919
“Scholar and Figure”
“Summer Landscape”
“Calligraphy in printed pocket folder” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Landscape” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Portraits of Ike Taiga and His Calligraphies in Seal and Grass Styles” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Monkey trying to catch a catfish with a gourd”, 1912 — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Crane and Pine” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Releasing the Oar in the Plum Valley” — Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Sake Party with No Light”, 1856–1924 — Cleveland Museum of Art