Born 1929 in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan College of Technology. 1949, exhibited at the 1st Japan Independent Exhibition. 1950, joined the Jiyu Bijutsuka Kyokai, and entered the tutelage of Hasegawa Saburo in 1953. 1958, held his first solo exhibition at Kyobunkwan Gallery (Tokyo). 1948, began the "Still Life" series (until 1955). His subjects slowly abstracted, and from 1956 he began his "Work" series made of stripes, crosses, and grids, which we continued for 40 years. 1978, solo exhibition in Ginza had a very positive reception, and as the 80s began, his stripe works from the 60s began to gather great attention.