Tōichi Katō

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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. He and his older brother, Eizō Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.

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

Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum

• 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

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