It\u014d Jakuch\u016b (\u4f0a\u85e4<\/strong>\u82e5<\/strong>\u51b2<\/strong>) was a painter who lived in the 1700s. He used Western and Japanese painting techniques, and was known to draw bright and exotic subjects like phoenixes and tigers. It\u014d was a contradiction in every sense. On the one hand, he lived the commercial life of a painter, but he was a deeply religious man. The painting on the left is a drawing of chrysanthemums near a stream, and very unlike the monastic paintings of the period.<\/p>\n In the beginning of Matsumura Goshun\u2019s (\u677e\u6751<\/strong>\u5449<\/strong>\u6625<\/strong>) career, Matsumua had great difficulty making a name for himself as a painter. When his first mentor died, he formed a different style of painting different from his mentor. From this style of painting he formed a prominent school of painting. The irony is that even though he developed his own style of painting, he was associated with his mentor\u2019s style of painting to his death. The painting on the left is Matsumura\u2019s painting of a blue heron on a tree.<\/p>\n Katsushika Hokusai (\u845b\u98fe<\/strong>\u5317<\/strong>\u658e<\/strong>) is best known for Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura (\u795e\u5948\u5ddd\u6c96\u6d6a\u88cf<\/strong>), which means \u201cThe GreatWave off Kanagawa\u201d. This woodcut print is internationally known all over the world, but it wasn\u2019t the only painting that he drew in his lifetime. Before \u201cThe Great Wave off Kanagawa\u201d paintings, his usual subjects were courtesans and actors. However, after he saw Fuji Mountain he started to draw more landscape paintings.<\/p>\n Watanabe Kazan (\u6e21\u8fba\u5d0b<\/strong>\u5c71<\/strong>) was a member of the samurai class. He was torn between loyalty to his lord and accepting Western ideas. He learned to paint realistically by using shading techniques from European paintings. As Watanabe grew more and more accepting of Western paintings and ideas, his relationship with his lord became strained. He eventually committed suicide, but his paintings continued to gain recognition. The painting on the left is typical of his realistic style of painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All over the world museums are competing with other museums for copies of Japanese paintings. Let\u2019s see what all the fuss is all about: Kan\u014d Tany\u016b (\u72e9\u91ce\u63a2\u5e7d) was and is a very famous painter. He lived in the 1600s and was known for painting nature and animal scenes. In fact, the painting on the left…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/03\/A_portrait_of_Satoh_Issai_by_Watanabe_Kazan-217x350.jpg\")