Tamechika’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.
Twelve Poetic Immortals and Their Poems
Reizei Tamechika Japanese, 1823-1864
Oe no Masafusa and Minamoto no Yoshiie
Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)
Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
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)
Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago
American Gothic
Grant Wood (American, 1891–1942)
The Fall of the Giants
Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673
It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868
Souvenir of Tuscany
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot French, 1796-1875
Portrait of Edouard Molé
Robert Nanteuil French, 1623-1678
View of Ponte Lugano on the Anio, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/9)
Tassels
Nasca Nazca Valley, south coast, Peru