Bokuyō Katayama

Bokuyō moved to Tokyo in 1921, where he began to study Japanese painting in earnest under Tsutaya Ryuko.

[1] In 1927, his "Oboro" (currently in collection of Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum)[4] was awarded the grand prize (tokusen) at Japan's 8th annual Imperial Juried Exhibition (Teiten), ran by Imperial Fine Arts Academy.

[2] In 1929, he showcased Gyoson Shunrai (漁村春懶, currently in collection of Fukuyama Museum of Art).

In 1931, Yanagi changed his field to textile art and left Bokuyō's tutelage.

His place was taken by Hideo Shiode [ja] who moved to Tokyo from Fukuyama to study painting.