For a short period of time, at the middle of the Edo period, in Akita was developed a particular style of painting known as Akita ranga. Practiced by the lord of Akita, Satake Shozan, and several of his retainers, it was part of ranga, a Japanese painting genre also known as Dutch-style painting.

The Akita ranga artists were using Western-style techniques such as perspective, shadows and backgrounds, to paint traditional Japanese themes such as plants, birds and insects.

Akita Ranga, Ishiguro Samurai House, Kakunodate, Akita

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