Printmaker. Born in Aomori City, passed away in Tokyo. In 1928, he visited Un’ichi Hiratsuka and began making prints. He exhibited oil paintings at the Teiten (Imperial Art Exhibition) and woodblock prints at the Japan Creative Print Association Exhibition and the Shunyōkai Exhibition. From 1930 onward, he presented major works at the Kokugakai (National Painting Association). With his unique sense of form, he referred to his own woodblock prints as hanga (board prints), and also created hand-painted works that he himself called Yamato-e (Japanese-style paintings).