Katsushika Hokusai
1760-1849 · The Great Wave and the printed mountain
Encyclopedia
Artists
A Wikipedia of Asian artists: lineage, inspiration, and real crossovers only.
Orchid Way teaches named makers beside anonymous workshops. Entries summarize public history for classrooms and curious visitors. We do not invent shows, ownership, or American chapters that never happened.
Japan
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797-1858 · Rain, stations, and the road print
Sesshu Toyo
1420-1506 · Ink landscape after China, rooted in Japan
Ogata Korin
1658-1716 · Rimpa gold, flowers, and design
Kitagawa Utamaro
c. 1753-1806 · The large-head beauty print
Yayoi Kusama
1929-present · Dots, infinity, and a living practice
China
Fan Kuan
c. 960-c. 1030 · Travelers among mountains
Guo Xi
c. 1020-c. 1090 · Early Spring and the court landscape
Qi Baishi
1864-1957 · Shrimp, mice, and modern ink vitality
Xu Beihong
1895-1953 · Horses, academic training, and national art debates
Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien)
1899-1983 · Virtuoso tradition and global Chinese painting
Korea
Jeong Seon (Chong Son)
1676-1759 · Korea's mountains painted as themselves
Kim Hong-do (Danwon)
1745-c. 1806 · Everyday Joseon life in album leaves
Shin Yun-bok (Hyewon)
c. 1758-after 1813 · Courting scenes and late Joseon genre
Philippines
Juan Luna
1857-1899 · Spoliarium and the Propagandist generation
Fernando Amorsolo
1892-1972 · Sunlit fields and the Philippine genre scene
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
1855-1913 · Las virgenes cristianas expuestas al populacho
Public historical summaries for teaching; not catalogues raisonnés. Living artists are discussed as public cultural figures only.