Tadashi Nakayama (中山 正 Nakayama Tadashi, born 1927 Niigata, Niigata) is a Japanese woodblock print artist, working in a style that combines influences from traditional Japanese ukiyo-e prints and Western painting. From 1962-65 he lived in Italy and then England. It has been claimed that "Tadashi Nakayama is one of Japan's leading woodblock print artists."[1]