On Saturday, April 16, 1921, Sessei OKAZAKI, a caster, died at the age of 67. His real name was Shojiro. He was born in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City in 1854. His father was Sadaho OKAZAKI, a kamashi (tea kettle caster). At the age of 21, he moved to Tokyo to study minting and became a disciple of Suzuki Masakichi, a caster. It was exhibited at the 1889 Paris World Exposition and received a high evaluation. The following year, 1890, he became a teacher of the Department of Casting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts by Okakura Tenshin. He continued to produce works energetically, refined his casting techniques, and undertook...

Takashi Tanaka, a Western-style painter, was born on Monday, April 4, 1921, in Wada Village, Mitoyo County, Kagawa Prefecture. In 1939, he entered the Oil Painting Department of Tokyo Fine Arts School, but transferred to the Art Department of Nihon University on the recommendation of Western-style painter Ebihara Kinosuke. After the war, in 1957, he became the first recipient of the Yasui Award, the Akutagawa Award of the art world, for his painting “Seaside. He died in 2014 at the age of 93, leaving behind many works. Takashi Tanaka was born in Wada Village, Mitoyo County, Kagawa Prefecture, which is now Toyohama-cho, Kanonji City, and is also the birthplace of...

Monday, March 28, 1921 Sculptor Teijiro Nakahara passed away. He was born in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, and moved to Tokyo at the age of 18 to become a painter. At the age of 18, he moved to Tokyo to become a painter, and later became a sculptor under the inspiration of Morie Ogiwara (Rokuzan). Influenced by Rodin, he left behind many works that are robust, realistic, and rich in inner expression, but regrettably passed away at an early age. Teijiro Nakahara’s masterpiece, “The Young Caucasian” (Niigata University collection): In 1927, two months before his suicide, Ryunosuke Akutagawa gave a lecture at Niigata High School, where he marveled at the work...