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Also Known As Kawara On
Born January 2, 1933 • Kariya • Japan
Died July 10, 2014? • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Today”
Maurizio Cattelan: Mini-Me
Maurizio Cattelan
Italian artist
Yves Klein: Portrait-Relief of Claude Pascal, Arman, and Martial Raysse
Yves Klein
French artist
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Sherrie Levine
American artist
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
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Hokusai
Japanese artist
Yoko Ono wearing a light-colored top hat, dark sunglasses, and a black suit jacket, standing in front of a colorful abstract background.
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and musician
Ogata Kōrin: Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)
Ogata Kōrin
Japanese artist
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami
Japanese artist and entrepreneur
Sōtatsu: Genji monogatari: Miotsukushi
Sōtatsu
Japanese artist
Kaigetsudō Ando: Standing Beauty Arranging Her Hair
Kaigetsudō Ando
Japanese painter
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Morimura Yasumasa
Japanese artist
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Fujita Tsuguharu
Japanese painter
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Hasegawa Tōhaku
Japanese painter
Utagawa Kuniyoshi: woodcut of Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese soldier-artist
Tomioka Tessai.
Tomioka Tessai
Japanese artist
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Shiba Kōkan
Japanese painter
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Ike Taiga
Japanese painter
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Yasuo Kuniyoshi
American painter
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Sōami
Japanese artist

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