Background
Aida was born in Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan, in 1924.
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Aida was born in Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan, in 1924.
He attended Tochigi Prefectual Ashikaga High School.
At an early age he showed interest in calligraphy and tanka poetry and was characterized for an original style. After graduation he proceeded to study poetry with Yamashita Mutsu and calligraphy with Iwasawa Kei-seki. His work is also known to have been influenced by Michiaki Zheng, Takei Akira, and Kinono Kazuyoshi.
In 1953, Aida graduated from Kanto Junior College, a private college in Tatebayashi, Gunma.
In 1954, Aida married Hiraga Chie. Their eldest son, Kazuto Aida, is the director of the Mitsuo Aida Museum in Tokyo.
Aida"s works became well known after the publishing of his book, Ningen damono (Because I"m Human), in 1984. Following a brain hemorrhage, Aida died in Ashikaga, Tochigi, in 1991.
Shortly after his death, in 1996, the Mituso Aida Museum opened in Ginza, a neighborhood in Tokyo.
In 2003, the museum moved to the Tokyo International Forum, a multi-purpose exhibition center. The art show includes approximately 450 of Aida"s calligraphy works, and the museum foundation organizes several art appreciation seminars throughout the country each year. Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is known to be a patron of Aida"son