SHIBUNKAKU ONLINE SHOP | Tsutaka Waichi

Painter from Osaka. Tsutaka was enthusiastic about literature since his teens, issuing the private magazine Katachi (“Form”) and acting as a co-editor of Kobe Poets. He studied painting under Nabei Katsuyuki at Nakanoshima Western Art Institute. After the war, he co-founded Variety art association with Suda Kokuta and participated in the exhibitions of Kōdō (“Action”) art association and Kenbi. Tsutaka was active nationally and internationally with numerous group and solo exhibitions including in Europe, the United States and South America. He was appointed a honorary professor at Osaka University of Arts.