Hisui Sugiura

He learned the western-style painting and the European-style design from Kuroda Seiki while he was attending the Tokyo School of Art.

He became the lecturer of the design department of Nihon Bijutsu Gakko (Japan School of Art) and became the adviser to Calpis Co., a beverage manufacturer, in 1921.

Having returned to Japan, he formed "Hichininsha," a group to study posters, in 1925.

He designed the poster of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line opening to traffic in 1927.

It can be said that his works during this period led the early stages of Japanese commercial design.