| HOKUSAI | Katsushika ?, Japanese artist of the Edo period noted for his colour woodblock prints (7) |
| KABUKITHEATERS | Performance venues popular in the "floating world" of the Edo period |
| UTAMARO | Exponent of the ukiyo-e style whose paintings include The Nakadaya Teahouse and Flowers of Edo: Youn |
| PALETTE | Handy place for the painter to mix his colours (7) |
| SAMURAI | Warrior in Japan's Edo period |
| HEKUSAI | Japanese artist's income source supporting head of household, all right with America (7) |
| WOODCUT | Woodblock |
| ROTHKO | Mark, Latvian-born U.S. artist noted for his colour field paintings (6) |
| NEWMAN | Barnett, U.S. artist born in 1905 noted for his colour field paintings (6) |
| LONGAGO | Liberal Japanese artist admitting joke in the distant past (4,3) |
| PRONOUN | Rare Japanese artist in play on words shows it, maybe (7) |
| EDERENT | They went to a cafe so that "they might eat", imperf. subj. edo |
| MILLAIS | Major artist of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood who painted Ophelia, Christ in the House of His Parents, Little Speedwell's Darling Blue, Apple Blossoms (or Spring) and Bubbles (7) |
| YOKOONO | Japanese artist and wife of John Lennon (4,3) |
| ORIGAMI | A 61-year-old Japanese artist made news in 2017 by selling these works of hers in a rural vending machine |
| ONTHEGO | Very active Japanese artist carrying article close to bag (2,3,2) |
| DEWAART | Dutch conductor Edo |
| UKIYOE | Meaning "pictures of the floating world", a school of Japanese art depicting subjects from everyday life in colourful paintings or woodblock prints (5-1) |
| RAPHAEL | Artist of the High Renaissance who created The School of Athens (fresco), Sistine Madonna (oil on canvas) and Transfiguration (tempera on wood) (7) |
| PICASSO | Pablo ___ : probably the most influential artist of the 20th century? (7) |
