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Uemura Shōen

1875 - 1949

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Uemura Shōen (上村 松園, April 23, 1875 – August 27, 1949) was the pseudonym of an artist in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting. Her real name was Uemura Tsune. Shōen was known primarily for her bijin-ga, or paintings of beautiful women, in the nihonga style, although she produced numerous works on historical themes and traditional subjects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uemura Shōen has received more than 80,729 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Uemura Shōen is the 1,530th most popular painter (down from 1,373rd in 2019), the 1,086th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Uemura Shōen ranks 1,530 out of 2,023. Before her are Helena Westermarck, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Josef Abel, Gustaf Lundberg, Wilhelm Bendz, and Joan Mitchell. After her are Paulus Bor, Nicholas Hilliard, Jan Fabre, Romanino, Johan Zoffany, and Nadir Afonso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Uemura Shōen ranks 123. Before her are William D. Leahy, Fritz Manteuffel, Juho Sunila, Beppo Levi, Albert Ayat, and Joseph, Duke of Parma. After her are Anna Tumarkin, Gaston Billotte, Federico Laredo Brú, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Thomas Xenakis, and Oleksandr Murashko. Among people deceased in 1949, Uemura Shōen ranks 117. Before her are Maria Ouspenskaya, James Somerville, Oton Župančič, Paul Chocque, Edward Stettinius Jr., and Sekiryo Kaneda. After her are Chairil Anwar, Nora Gregor, Arvo Aaltonen, Nikolai Semashko, René Maire, and Carl Vaugoin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Uemura Shōen ranks 1,086 out of 6,245. Before her are Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Kenjiro Takayanagi (1899), Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Hidemaro Watanabe (1924), Shigemi Ishii (1951), and Tsuneko Okazaki (1933). After her are Shirase Nobu (1861), Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874), Masujiro Nishida (1899), Teizo Takeuchi (1908), and Morihiro Saito (1928).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Uemura Shōen ranks 29. Before her are Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), Unkei (1151), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), and Toyohara Chikanobu (1838). After her are Ogata Kenzan (1663), Hashimoto Gahō (1835), and Keiji Inafune (1965).

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