Takamura’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.

Transom panels (ramma) from the Phoenix Pavilion (Hōōden)
Takamura Kо̄un Japanese, 1852-1934

Transom panels (ramma) from the Phoenix Pavilion (Hōōden)
Takamura Kо̄un Japanese, 1852-1934

Transom panels (ramma) from the Phoenix Pavilion (Hooden)
Takamura Kо̄un Japanese, 1852-1934

Transom panels (ramma) from the Phoenix Pavilion (Hooden)
Takamura Kо̄un Japanese, 1852-1934

Poem by Sangi Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信 Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770

Sangi Takamura, from the series "One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Takamura of Onoteruya (?) in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuromushi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?)
Katsukawa Shunko I Japanese, 1743-1812

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