1923-1998
male
After studying at Kyoto Arts and Crafts University, he studied at Kyoto Painting College. However, since this was during the war, he graduated early and joined the student movement.
After the war, while working as an art teacher in middle and high schools, he resumed his work producing art. In 1949, he founded the Pan-serial Art Association with other young artist in Kyoto, exhibiting his works many times. Since exhibiting his work at the Pittsburgh International Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Exhibition in 1983, he continued presenting works at international exhibitions, open exhibitions, and group exhibitions. He received the 2nd Annual Mizue Selected Artist Associate Award in 1960, the 1st Annual Maruzen Oil Culture Honorable Mention in 1961, the 1st Annual Art Culture Promotion Association Award in 1982, the 5th Annual Kyoto Prefectural Cultural Achievement Award in 1987, the Kyoto City Person of Cultural Merit Award in 1988, and the Kyoto Art and Culture Award in 1995.
