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Also Known As	Miura Sakonjirō
Born	1730 • Ise • Kyōto • Japan
Died	January 30, 1781 (aged 51) • Kyōto • Japan
Movement / Style	suiboku-ga

Kaō Ninga

Japanese painter

Ike Taiga

Japanese painter

Watanabe Kazan

Japanese artist

Torii Kiyonobu

Japanese painter

Kaihō Yūshō

Japanese painter

Yasui Sōtarō

Japanese painter

Kose Kanaoka

Japanese painter

Bunsei

Japanese artist

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese artist

Sesshū

Japanese artist

Miyamoto Musashi

Japanese soldier-artist

Kanō Motonobu

Japanese painter

Sesson Shūkei

Japanese painter

Unkoku Tōgan

Japanese painter

Nōami

Japanese artist

Kanō Masanobu

Japanese painter

Taikō Josetsu

Japanese painter

Shūbun

Japanese painter

Shingei

Japanese artist

Soga Chokuan

Japanese painter

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