Kawabata Ryushi
 Kawabata Ryūshi (川端 龍子 June 6 1885 - April 10 1966) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style active during the Taishō and Shōwa eras. His real name was Kawabata Shotarō. Ryūshi was born in Wakayama city in Wakayama prefecture. He moved to Tokyo in 1895. Initially interested in literature he studied under the poet Kawabata Hoja who introduced him to the Hototogisu artistic circle.