Tōichi Katō

Japanese painter

Tōichi Katō (加藤東一)
Born	(1916-01-06)6 January 1916 Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Died	3 December 1996(1996-12-03) (aged 80)
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Painter
Known for	nihonga-style painting

Tōichi Katō (加藤東一, Katō Tōichi, 6 January 1916 – 3 December 1996) was a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style and board chairman of the Nitten, a significant Japanese art conference.^[1] He and his older brother, Eizō Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.^[2]

Biography

1916 Born in Gifu's Mitono-machi as the fifth son of a lacquerware merchant
1934 Graduated from Gifu Junior High School
1941 Entered into the Tokyo Fine Arts School in Nihonga Studies
1947 Graduates from the Tokyo Fine Arts School in Nihonga Studies; enters his first work (白暮) to the Japan Art Academy's third annual exhibition and has it selected

1991 The Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum was opened in Gifu
1993 Completes the wall partition for the great alcove at Kinkaku-ji
1995 Obtains recognition from Japan as an "outstanding contributor to culture"
1996 Receives honorary citizenship in Gifu
1996 Dies of pneumonia at the age of 80
1997 Receives honorary citizenship in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture^[3]

References

^ "加藤東一". Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (in Japanese). 31 December 1996. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ "加藤栄三・東一記念美術館". Artscape.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ "名誉市民". Fujisawa City (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 February 2024.