Soga Shōhaku (曾我 蕭白, 1730 – January 30, 1781) was a Japanese painter of the Edo period.

Shōhaku distinguished himself from his contemporaries by preferring the brush style of the Muromachi period, an aesthetic that was already passé 150 years before his birth.

He became a painter in his late 20s, and studied under Takada Keiho[2] of the prominent Kanō School, which drew upon Chinese techniques and subject matters.

[2] His disillusionment with the Kanō School led him to appreciate the works of Muromachi period painter Soga Jasoku.

[1] Soga was known for his monstrous expressions[4] and paintings depicting Zen Buddhist saints and renowned writers as vulgar characters,[2] which was extremely unusual in his time.