
February 26, 1911 · 115 years old
Tarō Okamoto was a Japanese artist, art theorist, and writer. He is particularly well known for his avant-garde paintings and public sculptures and murals, and for his theorization of traditional Japanese culture and avant-garde artistic practices.

The middle-aged Shokichi, shop owner and widower, could never forget his first love. One day, Akiko, a painter, appears in the gallery with the painting titled "Woman". Shokichi surprised to find that painting is actually his firs...

Taro OKAMOTO became world-famous by designing the "Tower of the Sun" at the Expo '70 in Osaka. The ideas and problems that came with its creation, however, are intertwined with the evolution of Japanese culture - from the Paleolit...