Kotaro Migishi1903~1934 三岸好太郎

Migishi Kotaro was a Japanese yoga (Western-style) painter born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and is regarded as one of the leading figures of prewar Japanese modernism. He debuted on the art scene at age 20 in 1923 with his selection at the first Shun’yo-kai exhibition, and won the top prize at the second exhibition the following year. In 1930 he joined Fukuzawa Ichiro and others in founding the Independent Art Association as its youngest member. His later work was influenced by Surrealism, and his 1934 series “Butterflies and Seashells” is considered his masterpiece. He died unexpectedly at age 31 in July 1934 in Nagoya from a hemorrhaging stomach ulcer; his wife was the yoga painter Migishi Setsuko.