Okuda Genso (奥田元宋) (6 July 1912 – 15 February 2003) was one of the most famous Nihonga painters of the Showa era. He gave his name to a red pigment "Genso red". Biography Okuda was born in Hiroshima prefecture, in what is now Miyoshi City. His original name used the characters 厳三. Timeline Famous works Matsushima Twilight 松島暮色, 1 panel, 77.6 x 167.1 cm (1976) Lakeshore Spring Glittering 湖畔春耀, 1 panel, 89.0 x 105.6 cm (1986) References 1912 births 2003 deaths Nihonga painters Artists from Hiroshima Prefecture 20th-century Japanese painters