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

Stage set for Shozo Kitadai ballet Kappa
Shozo Kitadai Japanese, 1921-2003

Stage set for Shozo Kitadai ballet Kappa
Shozo Kitadai Japanese, 1921-2003

APN
Hamao Hamada (Japanese, 1915-1994) and Shozo Kitadai (Japanese, 1921-2003)

Untitled
Shozo Shimamoto Japanese, 1928–2013

Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Kunisada I (Kochoro Toyokuni shozo)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1823–1880

Sketch of a High-Ranking Officer's Portrait, from the Great United States of America (Kita Amerika dai gasshukokujin, Jokan shozo no utsushi
Jinpukan Kioroko Japanese, active late 19th century

Peony Ikebana Basket
Artist unknown Japanese

Bottle
Kawai Hirotsugu 河井博次 Japanese, 1919-1993

Seki: Portrait of Ikkyu (Seki, Ikkyu Osho shozo), section of sheet no. 12 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)"
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Tall Globular Basket
Japan

Gutai Postcards
Various Gutai Artists: Chiyu Uemae (Japanese, 1920–2018), Jirô Yoshihara (Japanese, 1905–1972), Kazuo Shiraga (Japanese, 1924–2008), Kyoichi Mizuguchi (Japanese, b. 1932), Masatoshi Masanobu (Japanese, b. 1911), Michio Yoshihara (Japanese, 1933–1996), Minoru Yoshida (Japanese, 1935–2010), Noboru Sakamitsu (Japanese, dates unknown), Saburo Murakami (Japanese, 1925–1996), Sadaharu Horio (Japanese, 1939–2018), Sadamasa Motonaga (Japanese, 1922–2011), Shôzô Shimamoto (Japanese, 1928–2013), Tanaka Atsuko (1932-2005), Tsuyoshi Maekawa (Japanese, b. 1936), Yamazaki Tsuruko (Japanese, 1925–2019), Yasuo Sumi (Japanese, 1925–2015), Yoshio Sekine (Japanese, 1922–1989), Yozô Ukita (Japanese, dates unknown)

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)