Uragami Gyokudà  or Urakami Gyokudà  (浦ä¸ÂçÂÂå  1745, Kamogata, Okayama - October 10, 1820) was a Japanese musician, painter, poet and calligrapher. In his lifetime, he was best known as a player of the Chinese seven-string zither, the guqin, but people came to appreciate his paintings after his death. His art features strong brushwork, often in patterns of strokes that build up a strong rhythm, and they reflect his musical compositions in relying on a limited number of possibilities that build up to powerful compositions. His Snow Sifted Through Frozen Clouds (ç´Âæ¬墨çÂȌÂÂéª篩é²å³ shihon bokuga tà Âunshisetsuzu) is recognized as a National Treasure.
After working as a samurai for the Ikeda daimyà Â, he left his position for ideological reasons to devote himself to travel and the arts. He named his sons ""Spring Qin" and "Autumn Qin." Gyokudà  was expert in calligraphy, featuring clerical and running scripts, and he was a fine poet in Chinese.
One of his music works, the Gyokudà  kinpu çÂÂå Âç´èÂÂ, is available online
An excerpt is available Uragami Gyokudà  and the chinese zither guqin based on the book Tall Mountains and Flowing Waters; The Arts of Uragami Gyokudà  by Stephen Addiss, Univ. of Hawaii Press, 1987, .