1950

Born in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture

1969

Graduated from Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka High School

1972-73

Worked as an assistant to Morio Shinoda

1973-77

Travelled to France to study at S. Hayter's Atelier 17

1982-83

Traveled to the United States and collaborated with Shusaku Arakawa on his printmaking

Solo Exhibition

1976

Solo exhibition, Galerie Elko (Paris)

1980

Solo exhibition, Galerie Elko (Paris)

2000

Solo exhibition, Northern Print Studio (North Shields, UK)

2003

Solo exhibition, Gallery Weiss Nowa Konopka (Poland)

2007

Solo Exhibition, Northern Prints (Newcastle, UK)

Group Exhibition

1974

Blois International Art Exhibition (France)

1975

Five-person exhibition (West Germany)

Contemporary International Print Exhibition (South Africa)

1977

2nd Cannes International Print Biennale (France)

12th Ljubljana International Print Biennial (Yugoslavia)

1979

13th Ljubljana International Print Biennial (Yugoslavia)

Contemporary International Print Exhibition (USA)

1980

Contemporary Artists Exhibition (France)

1982

Nagoya City Art Encouragement Award Commemorative Exhibition (Nagoya)

1984

9th Biella International Print Biennale (Italy)

1987

3rd Seibu Museum of Art Print Grand Prize Exhibition (Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo)

1990

1st Kochi International Print Triennale (Inomachi Paper Museum, Kochi)

1991

Nagoya City Art Award Winning Artists Exhibition (Citizens Gallery, Nagoya)

1992

Artists of the Tokai region (Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art)

1993

Contemporary Japanese Copperplate Prints Exhibition (Base Gallery, Tokyo)

1998

Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair (Citizens Gallery, Nagoya)

1999

East North East Exhibition (South Shields, UK)

The 1st Yamamoto Tei Print Grand Prize Exhibition (Yamamoto Tei Memorial Museum, Nagano)

2000

Millennium Graphica 2000 International Print Exhibition in Yokohama (Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery)

2001

Diversity of Expression Exhibition (Yata Civic Gallery, Nagoya)

2002

Pingtung Style National Print Exhibition (Pingtung County Government Cultural Bureau Art Gallery, Taiwan)

2003

Krakow International Print Triennial (Poland)

2004

Three-person exhibition (Janus Museum, Denmark)

Krakow International Print Triennial, Oldenburg (Jansens Museum, Germany)

2005

4th Cremona International Print Exhibition (Cremona Civic Museum, Italy)

2006

Lake Biwa Contemporary Art Exhibition (Shiga)

Contemporary International Print Exhibition (UK)

2007

Atelier 17 & Atelier Contrepoin Exhibition (Civic Museum of Cremona, Italy)

2008

Asian International Print Exhibition (National Gallery of Art, Taiwan)

2011

Juan de Nagoya Art Exhibition 2011 To Black/From Black (Citizens Gallery Yada, Nagoya)

Ikeda Mountain Foothills Contemporary Art Exhibition (Miniature Museum, Gifu)

2012

Local Artists' Shoyo (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art)

2013

Gifu Printmakers (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art)

2015

Contemporary Japanese Prints Exhibition (Dubrovnik Museum, Croatia)

7th Split International Print Biennial (Split, Croatia)

Collection

National Library of Paris (France)

Royal Library of Brussels (Belgium)

Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Schmeller Collection (West Germany)

Nagaoka City Central Library (Niigata)

Ise Museum of Contemporary Art (Mie)

Northern Print (UK)

Cremona Museum (Italy)

Taipei Art Museum (Taiwan)

Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art (Gifu)

Miniature Museum (Gifu)

Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art (Ibaraki)