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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 influential 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 2,552,505 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Takashi Murakami is the 725th most popular painter (down from 703rd in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from Japan (down from 559th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Takashi Murakami ranks 725 out of 1,421Before him are Carle Vernet, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Will Sampson, Michiel Coxie, Apollodorus, and Hans Richter. After him are Charlotte Salomon, Julian Schnabel, Roberto Ferruzzi, Ramon Casas, Osman Hamdi Bey, and Dorothea Tanning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Takashi Murakami ranks 56Before him are Flea, Dino Merlin, Arnold Vosloo, Black, Felicity Huffman, and Stefan Kuntz. After him are Andreas Köpke, Chuck Palahniuk, Ally McCoist, Harlan Coben, Peng Liyuan, and Hirokazu Kore-eda.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takashi Murakami ranks 567 out of 6,048Before him are Shō Tai (1843), Isao Tomita (1932), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Shigeo Shingo (1909), and Saizo Saito (1908). After him are Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829), Korechika Anami (1887), Ankō Itosu (1831), Osami Nagano (1880), Yasuyuki Kuwahara (1942), and Masatoshi Nakayama (1913).

Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Takashi Murakami ranks 11Before him are Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), and Masaaki Hatsumi (1931). After him are Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), and Maruyama Ōkyo (1733).

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