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Hasegawa Tōhaku

1539 - 1610

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Hasegawa Tōhaku (長谷川 等伯, 1539 – March 19, 1610) was a Japanese painter and founder of the Hasegawa school. He is considered one of the great painters of the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573-1603), and he is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Pine Trees and Pine Tree and Flowering Plants (both registered National Treasures), or the paintings in walls and sliding doors at Chishaku-in, attributed to him and his son (also National Treasures). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hasegawa Tōhaku has received more than 132,615 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hasegawa Tōhaku is the 1,010th most popular painter (down from 923rd in 2019), the 766th most popular biography from Japan (down from 732nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 1,010 out of 2,023. Before him are André Beauneveu, Claude Gillot, Dmitry Levitzky, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Per Kirkeby, and Francesco Furini. After him are Jean-Jacques Henner, Gaspar de Crayer, Ernst Fuchs, László Mednyánszky, Édouard Detaille, and Anna Bilińska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 13. Before him are Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Chōsokabe Motochika, and George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Salima Sultan Begum, Yi San-hae, Humphrey Gilbert, Nicolò Donato, and Olivier de Serres. Among people deceased in 1610, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 12. Before him are Honda Tadakatsu, Adam Elsheimer, False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Anna of Sweden, and Frederick IV, Elector Palatine. After him are Duchess Sophie of Prussia, Anthony Jenkinson, Girolamo Diruta, and Francis Solanus.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 766 out of 6,245. Before him are Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Mitsuo Kamata (1937), Isao Inokuma (1938), Masao Takada (null), and Tadao Kobayashi (1930). After him are Prince Munetaka (1242), Matsudaira Katamori (1836), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Shō Hashi (1371), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), and Motoo Tatsuhara (1913).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 15. Before him are Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Takashi Murakami (1962), Kanō Eitoku (1543), and Torii Kiyonaga (1752). After him are Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Kuroda Seiki (1866), On Kawara (1932), and Kanō Motonobu (1476).

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