Tōichi Katō

Tōichi Katō (加藤 東一) 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
 * 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