Kyoto
- Names
Kyōto
Kyoto
Kiōto
Heian-kyo
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Residence of imperial family for over 1000 years; has many Buddhist & Shinto temples & shrines; superseded as seat of government by Kamakura 1192-1333 but remained traditional capital until government moved to Tōkyō in 1869; center for Japanese art.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Rand McNally Atlas (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Born
Ida Shōichi (Japanese, 1941-2006)
Kitamura Junko (Japanese, born 1956)
Maekawa Senpan (Japanese, 1888-1960)
Miyashita Zenji (Japanese, 1939-2012)
- Active
Eiju (Japanese, active first half of 20th century)
Fukumoto Fuku (Japanese, born 1973)
Fukumoto Shihoko (Japanese, born 1945)
Fushimiya Fujiemon (Japanese, active Kyoto early 19th century)
Hasegawa Gyokuhō (Japanese, 1822-1879)
Hishiya Magobei (Japanese, active Kyoto 1810s-1840s)
Japan, Kyoto, Chōshuzan Workshop (Japanese)
Kamisaka Yūkichi (Japanese, 1886-1938)
Kawakami Rikizō (Japanese, born 1935)
Kumakura Junkichi (Japanese, 1920–1985)
Kurosaki Akira (Japanese, 1937-2019)
Mikumo Mokuhangasha (Mikumo Woodblock Print Company) (Japanese, Kyoto established 1921)
Miura I Chikusen (Japanese, 1854-1915)
Ryōzan (Japanese, active ca. 1870-1900)
Tatsuke Kōkyō (Japanese, active late 18th century)
Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, died 1643)
Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
