Insun’s work is defined by its 21st century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Moments in Flow
Insun Cho Korean, born 1978

Heart Sutra
Yoon Kwang-cho (born 1946) Korean

Valley of Butterflies (Tanima no cho)
Yoshida Chizuko (Japanese, 1924-2017)

Carrying a Lantern Decorated with the Flowers of the Four Seasons (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho shiki no hana mando) from the series "The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)"
Torii Kiyonaga Japanese, 1752-1815

A Triptych of Fashionable No Plays (Furyu Utai Sambukutsui)
Miyagawa Shunsui Japanese, active 1740s-early 1760s Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon of Ödemma-cho san-chome

Carrying a Lantern Decorated with a Pavilion, Gohei, Flowers, and Fan (Sekiguchi-cho Rosoku-cho no banto), from the series "The Festival of the Kanda Shrine (Kanda go-sairei)"
Torii Kiyonaga Japanese, 1752-1815

Autumn Flower and Sparrow
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858 Publisher: Kawa-Cho Japanese, Unknown

Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Hama-cho Riverbank (Hamachogashi)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Actors Representing the Feat of Asahina Breaking the Armer of Soga no Goro (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho kusazuribiki odori yatai) from the series The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)
Attributed to Torii Kiyonaga Japanese, 1752-1815

Akashi-cho after Rain (Akashi-cho no ugo), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Cotton-goods Lane, Odenma-cho (Odenma-cho momendana), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-cho itchome, and her child attendants Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-cho itchome, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Nogami, Saitama Prefecture (Saitama ken Nogami-cho)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Street-Walker Otsuyu in the Play Cho Chidori Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1779
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

Kanaya-cho, Nagasaki, from the series "Selection of Scenes of Japan" (Nihon fukei senshu, Nagasaki Kanaya-cho)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Cho (Ryo?), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
Tsukioka Kogyo Japanese, 1869-1927

Cotton-goods Lane, Odenma-cho (Odenma-cho momendana), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Hibiya and Soto-Sakurada from Yamashita-cho (Yamashita-cho Hibiya Soto-Sakurada), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858