Tōichi Katō
| Tōichi Katō (加藤 東一) |
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| Born |
(1916-01-06)January 6, 1916 |
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| Died |
December 3, 1996(1996-12-03) (aged 80) |
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| Nationality |
Japanese |
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| Occupation |
Painter |
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| Known for |
nihonga-style painting |
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Tōichi Katō (加藤 東一, Katō Tōichi, 6 January 1916 – 3 December 1996) was a Japanese painter in the nihongo style and board chairman of the Nitten, a significant Japanese art conference. He and his older brother, Eizō Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.
Biographical summary
- 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
Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum