Shikanosuke Oka1898~1978 岡鹿之助

OKA Shikanosuke (July 2, 1898 – April 28, 1978) was a Western-style painter born in Azabu Ward, Tokyo, the eldest son of theater critic OKA Kitaro. He graduated from the Tokyo Fine Arts School in 1924 and moved to France, spending approximately 15 years in Paris under guidance from FUJITA Tsuguharu, exhibiting at the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Independants. He is renowned for his serene paintings of old castles, lighthouses, snowy landscapes, and flowers in his distinctive pointillist technique. He received the Arts Encouragement Minister of Education Prize (1952), the Japan Academy of Arts Prize (1964), and the Order of Culture (1972).