KANO TOSHIHARU (1929 – )
BORN IN 1929 ,KANO TOSHIHARU IS, ALONG WITH YAMAUCHI ISSEI, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL STUDENTS OF FUJII TATSUKISHI AND IS EFFORTS TO REVIVE JAPAN LOST ARTS FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. HE BEGAN TO STUDY UNDER TATSUKISHI IN 1948. TEN YEARS LATER HE WOULD COME UNDER THE TURELAGE OF TAKAHASHI AND BE ACCEPTED INTO THE 2th SHIN NITTEN.
IN 1963 HE WOULD BEGIN AT THE 2th NIHON GENDAI KOGEITEN. IN 1970 HE WOULD RECEIVE THE HOKUTO-SHO PRIZE AT THE NITTEN AND TOKUSEN THERE TWO YEAR LATER.
IN 1989 HE WAS AWARDED THE CULTURAL ORDER OF MERIT BY TOYOTA CITY, AND THE PRIME MINISTERS AWARD AT THE 29th GENDAI KOGEITEN.
IN 1996 HE WOULD RECEIVE THE ORDER OF CULTURAL MERIT FROM AICHI PREFETTURE AND IN 1000 ANOTHER CULTURAL AWARD FROM TOYOTA CITY.
PERIOD : SHOWA 1950
DIM. CM. 174 X H. 173,5