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

Photograph of Photograph
Jiro Takamatsu Japanese, 1936-1998

From The Mountain Lake Screen Tachi Series
Okura Jiro Japanese, born 1942

Taira no Atsumori Returning to Shore to Confront Kumagai no Jirô Naozane
Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

Takamatsu Castle in Sanuki (Sanuki no Takamatsujo), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Ritsurin Park, Takamatsu (Takamatsu Ritsurin koen)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883–1957

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Ogata no Saburo Disguised as Yoroya Takiemon in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780
Katsukawa Shunko I Japanese, 1743-1812

Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Boatman Matsuemon, actually Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu (Sendo Matsuemon, jissha Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786–1864

Takamatsu Castle in Sanuki (Sanuki no Takamatsujo), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Izu no Jiro Disguised as Kemmaku no Sabu in the Play Edo-zakura Sono Omokage, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1769
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770
Ippitsusai Buncho Japanese, active c. 1755-90

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Kojoro-gitsune Disguised as the Florist Okiku in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Matusmto Koshiro IV as Ise no Saburo Disguised as Mizoro no Sabu in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780
Katsukawa Shunjo Japanese, died 1787

The Actors Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play "Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716
Torii Kiyomasu I Japanese, active c. 1704–18 (?)

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Kyo no Jiro in the play "Fujibumi Sakae Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1763
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

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)