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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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hasegawa Tōhaku is the 963rd most popular painter (up from 1,010th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Japan (down from 766th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 963 out of 2,023. Before him are Bruce Nauman, Luca Cambiaso, Félix Ziem, Gilbert Stuart, Gaspard Dughet, and Milena Pavlović-Barili. After him are Zhang Zeduan, Ignacio Zuloaga, Evel Knievel, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, and Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 14. Before him are Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Chōsokabe Motochika, and Jost Amman. After him are Yi San-hae, Nicolò Donato, Humphrey Gilbert, Pierre Pithou, Olivier de Serres, and Salima Sultan Begum. Among people deceased in 1610, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 12. Before him are Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Honda Tadakatsu, Adam Elsheimer, Anna of Sweden, False Dmitry II, and Catherine Vasa of Sweden. After him are Anthony Jenkinson, Duchess Sophie of Prussia, Francis Solanus, and Girolamo Diruta.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 804 out of 6,245. Before him are Ikki Kita (1883), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Mitsuo Kato (1953), Prince Munetaka (1242), Heisuke Hironaka (1931), and Ki no Tsurayuki (866). After him are Shintaro Katsu (1931), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Yuji Kishioku (1954), Sanae Mishima (1957), Nobuo Fujishima (1950), and Okakura Kakuzō (1862).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Hasegawa Tōhaku ranks 14. Before him are Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Yoshitoshi (1839), Takashi Murakami (1962), Ogata Kōrin (1658), and Kanō Eitoku (1543). After him are On Kawara (1932), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), and Kanō Tan'yū (1602).

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