, watercolour on paper, showing a busy riverside town during the evening rain, signed lower right, 41 x 31.5cm (16 x 12.5ins) mount aperture, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESA leading figure in the nihonga style, Eizo Kato's father was a lacquerware merchant. He studied at Tokyo Fine Arts School where he began entering competitions and winning awards. Though many of his works were lost during air raids on Gifu, a museum has opened in his home town dedicated to his work and that of his brother, Toichi Kato.