Biography

1914 Born in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
1933 Started painting by the influence of a poet Riichi Noda
1996 Died in Suzuka, aged 87

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1959- Sakura Gallery, Nagoya
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya
Osaka Form Gallery, Osaka
Base Gallery, Tokyo (1990、1991、1992、1993.6、1993.9、1998、2004)
…and more
1989 Suzuka Cultural Center, Suzuka
1996 Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie
1997 Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya
2003 Shizuoka Art Gallery, Shizuoka
2004 Paramita Museum, Mie

Selected Group Exhibitions

1979 “Art Now ’79”, The Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo
1982 “Art in Mie: Contemporary”, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie
“The Prospect of Contemporary Art”, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
1986 “Black and White in Art Today”, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1987 “Yae Asano & Cy Twombly”, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo
1988 “Art Kite”, Mie Prefectural Art Museum
“A Current of Contemporary Art in Japan – Painting Part 2”, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
1990 “Japanische Kunst in Achtziger Jahre”, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
“Movement of a Line”, Base Gallery
1991 The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1994 “Art and the Inner Eye”, Nagoya City Art Museum
1995 “Movement of a Line – II”, Base Gallery
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
1998 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
2000 Kariya City Art Museum, Kariya
2001 Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Maebashi / The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama
2003 “Art Watching part 2”, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai

Collections

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Nagoya City Art Museum
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
The National Museum of Art, Kyoto
Chiba City Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Meguro Museum of Art
Oita City Art Museum