Kaita Murayama Explained

was a Japanese writer and artist. One of his self-portraits appears in the Mie Prefectural Art Museum in Tsu Mie Prefecture, Japan (not pictured here). He trained at the Fine Arts Academy in Tokyo and was influenced by Western art styles.^[1] His work is described as being muscular and robust.^[2]

Notes and References

1. "Murayama, Kaita". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed April 2, 2015, http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00127861#fullTextLinks.
2. Book: Carroll. Alison. The revolutionary century: art in Asia, 1900-2000. 2010. Macmillan Australia. South Yarra, Victoria. 978-1-921394-17-1. 45.