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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 125,245 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hasegawa Tōhaku is the 924th most popular painter (up from 955th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from Japan (up from 754th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 924 out of 1,421. Before him are Charles-Joseph Natoire, George Maciunas, Adolf Wölfli, Bartolomé Bermejo, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, and Maria van Oosterwijck. After him are Olga Boznańska, Abraham Brueghel, Adriaen van der Werff, Anni Albers, Abram Arkhipov, and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 734 out of 6,048. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), Michio Yasuda (1949), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), and Naomi Osaka (1997). After him are Ryōkan (1758), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Naoto Tajima (1912), Uichiro Hatta (1903), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), and Takako Shimazu (1939).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 15. Before him are Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Takashi Murakami (1962), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kanō Eitoku (1543), and Torii Kiyonaga (1752). After him are Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), On Kawara (1932), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), and Tarō Okamoto (1911).

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