Trending Painters in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Seiji Tōgō. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,458,786
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Seiji Tōgō
Japanese artist (1897-1978)
61,575
views
views
2
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
59,383
views
views
3
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
55,688
views
views
4
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
47,890
views
views
5
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
42,620
views
views
6
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
36,217
views
views
7
Kaoru Mitsumune
Japanese painter, model
31,405
views
views
8
Yūzō Kayama
Japanese pop singer, songwriter, actor
28,636
views
views
9
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
28,022
views
views
10
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter (1632–1675)
27,925
views
views
11
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
26,674
views
views
12
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
26,549
views
views
13
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
26,330
views
views
14
Rosanjin
Japanese artist (1883–1959)
25,854
views
views
15
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
23,835
views
views
16
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
23,393
views
views
17
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
23,251
views
views
18
Satoshi Ohno
Japanese idol, singer, actor
23,118
views
views
19
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
22,755
views
views
20
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
22,339
views
views
21
Yoshida Rui
22,229
views
views
22
Gloria Stuart
American actress (1910–2010)
21,608
views
views
23
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
20,228
views
views
24
Maho Toyota
Japanese actress and model
18,820
views
views
25
Eiji Okuda
Japanese actor and film director
17,226
views
views
26
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
16,770
views
views
27
Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese artist (1760-1849)
16,601
views
views
28
Tsurutarō Kataoka
Japanese actor
16,465
views
views
29
Aki Yashiro
Japanese enka singer and painter
16,074
views
views
30
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
16,033
views
views
31
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
15,775
views
views
32
Atsumu Yamamoto
Japanese painter (1940-2011)
15,548
views
views
33
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
15,382
views
views
34
Tsuguharu Foujita
French painter (1886-1968)
13,644
views
views
35
Matsuo Bashō
Japanese poet（1644–1694）
13,394
views
views
36
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
12,827
views
views
37
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
12,414
views
views
38
Mari Yamazaki
Japanese manga artist (1967-)
12,323
views
views
39
Empress Dowager Cixi
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
12,270
views
views
40
Shinsuke Tsutsui
Japanese painter (1968-2020)
12,174
views
views
41
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
12,066
views
views
42
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
11,593
views
views
43
Konoe Nobutada
Japanese calligrapher (1565-1614)
11,295
views
views
44
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
10,968
views
views
45
Midori Satsuki
Japanese singer, actress, talent (1939-)
10,523
views
views
46
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Japanese artist (1922-1971)
10,491
views
views
47
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
10,322
views
views
48
Tarō Okamoto
Japanese artist (1911–1996)
10,278
views
views
49
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
10,251
views
views
50
Princess Tenko
Japanese female magician
10,069
views
views
51
Jimmy Onishi
Japanese comedian
9,929
views
views
52
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
9,892
views
views
53
Tamami Tōgō
Japanese painter and singer
9,811
views
views
54
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
9,665
views
views
55
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
9,570
views
views
56
Nobuhiro Ishihara
Japanese painter
9,532
views
views
57
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
9,357
views
views
58
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
9,338
views
views
59
Tokugawa Nariaki
Japanese daimyo (1800-1860)
9,189
views
views
60
Isamu Noguchi
Japanese-American artist and landscape architect (1904–1988)
8,666
views
views
61
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
8,599
views
views
62
Harumichi Shibasaki
Japanese watercolor painter
8,597
views
views
63
David Hockney
painter, printmaker, set designer, photographer (1937–2026)
8,579
views
views
64
Minami
Japanese actress (1986-)
8,221
views
views
65
Alphonse Mucha
Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist (1860–1939)
8,143
views
views
66
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934)
8,133
views
views
67
Saneatsu Mushanokōji
Japanese artist (1885-1976)
7,975
views
views
68
Yuki Ninagawa
Japanese actress
7,959
views
views
69
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
7,955
views
views
70
Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1797–1858)
7,922
views
views
71
Yoshitomo Nara
Japanese artist (1959- )
7,674
views
views
72
Takashi Murakami
Japanese contemporary artist, film director (born 1962)
7,673
views
views
73
Yoshitaka Amano
Japanese painter, character designer, illustrator, book designer
7,598
views
views
74
Hansō Sōshitsu
tea master from Japan (1923–2025)
7,383
views
views
75
Haruman Shimizu
7,347
views
views
76
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
7,195
views
views
77
Sesshū Tōyō
Japanese artist (1420-1506)
7,003
views
views
78
Esper Ito
Japanese comedian (1960–2024)
6,829
views
views
79
Sharaku
Japanese artist (fl. 1794–1795)
6,826
views
views
80
Mitsuo Sagawa
Japanese singer, actor, talent (1939-2024)
6,704
views
views
81
Izumi Yukimura
Japanese singer, actress, painter (1937-)
6,674
views
views
82
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)
6,641
views
views
83
Tadanori Yokoo
Japanese artist and graphic designer (1936-)
6,236
views
views
84
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
6,217
views
views
85
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
6,185
views
views
86
Yi Bangja
Japanese-Korean princess
6,181
views
views
87
Felix Mendelssohn
German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)
6,171
views
views
88
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
6,125
views
views
89
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1798–1861)
6,096
views
views
90
Itō Jakuchū
Japanese artist (1716-1800)
6,049
views
views
91
Yugo Kanno
Japanese composer and musician (born 1977)
6,040
views
views
92
Mokichi Okada
Founder of the Church of World Messianity (1882-1955)
5,973
views
views
93
Mariko Asabuki
Japanese novelist (1984-)
5,961
views
views
94
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
5,882
views
views
95
Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)
5,863
views
views
96
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
5,862
views
views
97
Kanō Eitoku
Japanese artist (1543-1590)
5,843
views
views
98
Paul Gauguin
French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)
5,549
views
views
99
Cai Guo-Qiang
Chinese installation artist (born 1957)
5,443
views
views
100
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
5,411
views
views
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