1947 Born in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture
1973 B.F.A., in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
2001 Professor, Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, Hokkai Gakuen University, Sapporo
2006 Professor, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music
■Exhibitions
From 1983 to the present “ DEEDS of COLORS” (actions by using colors)
Approximately ten personal exhibitions and ten group exhibitions
■Research and Writing Activities on Van Gogh
Around 1994, I encountered one sketch of “Van Gogh,” the authenticity of which I doubted. Since then, I have studied and written about the works of Van Gogh from a formative viewpoint.
“The Last Message of Van Gogh” (Joho Center Publishing Company, 1994, awarded Mystery Writers of Japan Price in the category of critical essays and others)
“The Proof of Being Van Gogh” (Joho Center Publishing Company, 2000)
“A Man Who Cut Off His Ears” (Japan Broadcast Publishing Co., Ltd., 2002)
“Colour Bathing” (Pola Research Institute of Beauty & Culture, 2003)
“Revival of Gogh” (Joho Center Publishing Company, 2007)
“The Last Message of Van Gogh, Complete Version” (Chuo Paperbook Library, Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., October 2009)
