Background
Chikuyo Ono was born in Okayama Prefecture in 1889.
Chikuyo Ono was born in Okayama Prefecture in 1889.
He was trained by Seiho Takeuchi, noted artist of the traditional Kyoto school.
In 1918, Bakusen Tsuchida, Shiho Sakakibara and Kagaku Murakami founded the Kokuga Sosaku Kyokai art society, which worked for a reform of the traditional Japanese watercolor painting.
He became a member of the Japan Arts Academy (1947).