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Takashi Murakami

1962 - Today

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Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, Murakami Takashi, born February 1, 1962) is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial media (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts. His work draws from the aesthetic characteristics of the Japanese artistic tradition and the nature of postwar Japanese culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takashi Murakami has received more than 2,775,538 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Takashi Murakami is the 821st most popular painter (down from 724th in 2019), the 647th most popular biography from Japan (down from 565th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Takashi Murakami ranks 821 out of 2,023Before him are Franz von Lenbach, George Stubbs, Giovanni Baglione, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Sidney Paget, and Asher Brown Durand. After him are Zao Wou-Ki, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Michiel Coxie, Nuno Gonçalves, Cassandre, and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Takashi Murakami ranks 77Before him are François-Henri Pinault, Matt Cameron, Srettha Thavisin, Alain Robert, Joan Cusack, and Michel Petrucciani. After him are Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Stefan Hell, James Kottak, Stefan Kuntz, Sebastian Koch, and Choi Min-sik.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takashi Murakami ranks 647 out of 6,245Before him are Ogata Kōrin (1658), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Yasuo Haruyama (1906), Masaharu Homma (1888), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), and Kinuyo Tanaka (1909). After him are Kiyoshi Tomizawa (1943), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Sōsuke Uno (1922), Hōnen (1133), Takeo Takagi (1892), and Mariya Takeuchi (1955).

Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Takashi Murakami ranks 12Before him are Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), and Ogata Kōrin (1658). After him are Kanō Eitoku (1543), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), and Torii Kiyonobu I (1664).