Sugimura’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Dalliance
Attributed to Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-98

A Beauty Walking
Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-98

Lady Tamamushi raising a fan target
Attributed to Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-98

On the Yoshida Highway
Attributed to Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681–98

Yoshitsune's Encounter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve Episodes (Joruri Junidan Zoshi)"
Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-98

The insistent lover, from an untitled series of erotic prints
Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-1698

Lovers, a Cat, and a Mouse in front of a Folding Screen
Attributed to Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-1698

An Interrupted Embrace
Attributed to Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-98

Lovers Leaving a Room
Attributed to Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-1698

Flirtation under the Cherry Tree
Attributed to Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-98

Yoshitsune's Encouter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve Episodes (Joruri Junidan Zoshi)"
Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-98

The Vision of Kumagai Renshobo
Attributed to Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-98

Visiting Kiyomizu Temple
Sugimura Jihei Japanese, active c. 1681-1698

Koharu of the Kinokuniya and Kamiya Jihei
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Koharu and Jihei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849 Publisher: Jihei Mori-Ya Japanese, 19th century

Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Ganjiro I as Kamiya Jihei in the play Shinju ten no Amijima (The Love Suicides at Amijima)
Yoshikawa Kanpo Japanese, 1894–1979

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

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