Hiroshima Museum of Art

OKUMURA Kouichi

OKUMURA Kouichi1904-1974

A Japanese-style painter of the Kyoto circle. He was active chiefly in the Salon of Japan before the World War II, and in Sinseisaku-kyoukai (now the Souga-kai) after that. And he continued creating landscapes for mountains and fields with realism studied under NISHIMURA Goun, who was a pupil of TAKEUCHI Seiho, a pioneer for the Kyoto circle.

Early Spring

color on silk, hanging scroll 41.8*50.5 cm