Eizō Katō

He was born in 1906 Gifu's Mizono-chō as the third son of a lacquerware merchant.

In 1926, he entered into the Tokyo Fine Arts School in Nihonga Studies, where he would spend the next five years studying art and entering competitions.

It was in 1929 that he first submitted a work to the Japan Art Academy’s 10th annual event, entering a piece entitled “Small Scenes of a Summer Day” (夏日小景 Natsubi Shōkei).

In 1931, he graduated from the Tokyo Fine Arts School in Nihonga Studies.

His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.