was a Japanese painter.
Biography
In 1918, Ōkōchi studied watercolor under Sanchi Itakura and printmaking under Kishio Koizumi as well as other methods under
Okada Saburōsuke. He contributed to the magazine in 1922. He graduated from the
Meiji University
is a Private university, private research university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Originally founded as Meiji Law School () by three lawyers in 1881, it became a university in April 1920.
As of May 2023, Meiji has 32,261 undergradu ...
Department of Economics in 1928 and studied at Hongō Painting Institute under Manjirō Terauchi in 1930. Ōkōchi participated in the 1931 Nihon Hanga Kyōkai exhibition.
In 1933, Ōkōchi's painting, , won the fourteenth Emperor Exhibition prize from the
Imperial Art Academy. By 1937, he was researching art from Europe. Ōkōchi became a member of Kōfūkai in 1940. He and Kanemon Asai as well as others formed Shinjukai
[ in 1947.
]
Personal life
Ōkōchi was the second son of Viscount Masatoshi Ōkōchi
Viscount was a Japanese physicist and business executive. He was the third director of the Riken Institute, a position which he assumed in 1921 and held for 25 years. During this period, he was notable for establishing the ''Riken Konzern'', a ...
, the director of Riken
is a national scientific research institute in Japan. Founded in 1917, it now has about 3,000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan, including the main site at Wakō, Saitama, Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo. Riken is a ...
, and the daughter of Ōkōchi Nobuhisa. Chieko was his wife. His daughter with her was actress Momoko Kōchi
(7 March 1932 – 5 November 1998), born , was a Japanese film, stage and television actress.
She is best known for her roles in the original ''Godzilla'', playing the character of Emiko Yamane (a role she reprised in '' Godzilla vs. Destor ...
.
Ancestry
References
External links
1903 births
1967 deaths
20th-century Japanese painters
Meiji University alumni
Ōkōchi clan
Painters from Tokyo
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