was a Japanese painter in the ''

Nihonga ''Nihonga'' (, "Japanese-style paintings") are Japanese paintings from about 1900 onwards that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials. While based on traditions over a thousand years ...

'' style and board chairman of the Nitten, a significant Japanese art conference. He and his older brother,

Eizō Katō was a Japanese painter in the nihonga style. He and his younger brother, Tōichi Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture. Biography He was born in 1906 Gifu's Mizono-chō as the third son of a lacquerware merchan ...

, have a museum dedicated to their works in

Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku ...

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...

Biography

*1916 Born in Gifu's Mitono-machi as the fifth son of a

lacquerware Lacquerware are objects decoratively covered with lacquer. Lacquerware includes small or large containers, tableware, a variety of small objects carried by people, and larger objects such as furniture and even coffins painted with lacquer. Befor ...

merchant *1934 Graduated from Gifu Junior High School *1941 Entered into the Tokyo Fine Arts School in

Studies *1947 Graduates from the Tokyo Fine Arts School in Nihonga Studies; enters his first work (白暮) to the

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's third annual exhibition and has it selected Katoeizotoichi

*1991 The

Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum The is a museum located in Gifu Park in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the works of the brothers Eizō and Tōichi Katō, who were born in the city. It is part of the Gifu City Museum of History. Facility layout ...

was opened in Gifu *1993 Completes the wall partition for the great alcove at

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*1995 Obtains recognition from Japan as an "outstanding contributor to culture" *1996 Receives honorary citizenship in Gifu *1996 Dies of

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at the age of 80 *1997 Receives honorary citizenship in Fujisawa,

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

1916 births 1996 deaths Nihonga painters People from Gifu Buddhist artists Tokyo School of Fine Arts alumni 20th-century Japanese painters {{japan-painter-stub