1953
-Born in Kyoto, Japan

1974
-Graduated from Kyoto Seika College , major in Painting

1992
- Stayed in London U.K.[ At Goldsith`S College Univ, of London ]
( The fellow under the Japanese Goverment overseas proguram of Art )

1993
-Stayed in Oxford U.K.[ Senior Research Fellow at Ruskin School of Drawing
and Fine Art ; Wolfson College Univ , of Oxford / Visiting Artist at Musem of
Modern Art Oxford ]

-Prize of the Cultural Syumei [ Shumei Culture Foundation ]

Selected Groupe Exhibition

1985
-10th International Print Triennial , Glenhen Kunstverein , Switzerland

1986
-11th Cracow International Print Biennale , Poland
-Osaka Contemporary Print Exhibition , Osaka Contemporary Art Center
(Prize of Purchase)

1987
-Seoul International Print Exhibition , Fine Art Center , Korea
-Japanese Contemporary Print Exhibition , Walker Hill Museum , Korea

1988
-Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition , Glenhen Kunstverein , Switzerland
-Maxi Graphica , Kyoto Municipal Art Museum

1989
-Maxi Graphica in San Francisco , Vopal Gallery , USA
-4th International Print Biennale in Taipei , Taiwan
-From Print to Print -Kyoto1989- , Kyoto Municipal Art Museum
-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition , Tokyo Metropolitan Museum
( Prize of the Hyougo Museum of Modern Art )

1990
-Shiga Annual `90 , Shiga Museum of Modern Art
-The Silent Dialogue ; Still Life in the West and Japan , Shizuoka Prefectural
Art Museum
-Maxi Graphica in Tokyo , Heineken Village , Tokyo
-Contemporary Print Exhibition 1990 , Shotoh Museum , Tokyo
-Exhibition of Printed Art , Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Musem

1991
-4th International Print Biennale in Wakayama , Wakayama Museum of Modern Art
( Prize of Grand- Prix)
-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition , Tokyo Metropolitan Museum
( Prize of the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art )
-ABC Art Competition , ABC Gallery (Prize of Grand-Prix )
-Compound of Maniera , Machida Municipal International Print Museum
Ljubljana International Graphic Art Biennale , Yugoslavia
International Print Exhibition `91 , Kanagawa Prefectural Hall

1993 　
-A Muse Land `93 , Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
International Graphic Biennial of Maastricht , Holland

1995
-Cheju Pre-Biennale 1995 "From Island to Island " , Korea
" The Hanga " International Prints Festival , Kanagawa Prefectural Hall
-One-man Exhibition Hiro Chikashige Gallery , Okayama

1996
-Expression and Techniqus , The Museum of Kyoto
-The Structure of Painting , Wakayama Museum of Modern Art
-One-man Exhibition ?Family Port-rait- gallery NW house , Tokyo

1997
-A Cross of Contemporary Print , Shiga Museum of Modern Art
-Expression and Techniqus of Print , Wakayama Museum of Modern Art
-One-man Exhibition Hiro Chikashige Gallery , Okayama

1998
-1st International Print Triennial in Kanagawa , Kanagawa Prefectural Hall
( Prize of the National Modern Art Museum of Tokyo )
-One-man Exhibition -My treasured things- , Kouichi Fine Arts , Osaka
-One-man Exhibition -Umehara’s Roses- gallery NW house , Tokyo
-Art of West Japan 1950~1990 , Wakayama Museum of Modern Art
-One-man Exhibition Yamaso Art Gallery , Kyoto

2000
-Domani 2000 , Shaiji Tohgou Art Museum
-Y2K International Exhibition of Prints , National Taiwan Art Education Institute
Collection 1999 , National Modern Art Museum of Tokyo
-Arts and Crafts in Kyoto, The Museum of Kyoto
-Kyoto Print 2000 , Kyoto Municipal Art Museum
-Follow the print`s Track , Wakayama Prefectural Modern Art Museum
-One-man Exhibition ?Still Life with the Four Seasns-, Kouichi Fine Arts , Osaka

2001
-The Cultural Syumei Prize Specal Exhibition , MIHO MUSEUM
-Contemporary Prints From Japan and Bulgaria, National Gallery , Bulgaria
-Bharat Bhavan International Print Biennale ,Roopankar Museum , India
-One-man Exhibition Gallery APA , Nagoya
-One-man Exhibition -The View from Still Life-, Kouichi Fine Arts , Osaka
-One-man Exhibition Hiro Chikashige Gallery , Okayama
-Contemporary Print from Bulgaria /Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Art Museum
-Kyouto Paintings Now,The Museum of Kyoto
-Eneyclopedia of Art-7keys- Wakayama Prefectural Modern Art Museum
-One-man Exhibition -Gift from Flowers Ⅰ- 　ArtZone Kaguraoka,Kyoto
-One-man Exhibition -Gift from Flowers Ⅱ- 　Kurisutaru Gallery,Morioka
-The Modern Art of Japan Tokyo National Modern Art Museum
-One-man Exhibition -Gift from Flowers Ⅲ- 　Gallery Sora,Naha

2005
-Eneyclopedia of Art ?PRINT- Wakayama Prefectural Modern Art Museum
-Collection-Ⅲ　 Hyogo Museum of Modern Art
-New Collection Yamanashi Prefectural Art Museum
-One-man Exhibition -Gift from Flowers Ⅳ- 　Imuru Art Gallery,Kyoto

2006
-Development of Contemporary Prints / Kyoto National Modern Art Museum
-One-man Exhibition -Gift from Flowers Ⅴ- 　White Gallery,Kagosima　
-Inflection of photograph and transformation of images ／Tokyo National
　　　 Modern　Art Museum
-One-man Exhibition -Gift from Flowers Ⅵ- Art Court Gallery,Osaka
-A Festival of Contemporary Japanese Printmaking /Art,LessedraGallery, Bulgaria

2007
-One-man Exhibition - Flower is Flower - ArtZone Kaguraoka,Kyoto
-Eneyclopedia of Art- the avant-garde in the Kansai district -／ Wakayama Prefectural
　　　　 Modern Art Museum
-“From Kyoto to Krakow”/Manggha Centre of Japanese Art Technology, Poland.
-One-man Exhibition -The View in the Distance- Kouichi Fine Arts , Osaka


●Public Collection
The Agency of Cultural Affairs of Jpanese Government / Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center /
Hyogo Museum of Modern Art / kyoto Prefectur / Slaskie Art Museum [ Poland ] / Shiga Bank Economy and Culture Center
/ Kyoto National Modern Art Museum / Shiga Museum of Modern Art / Wakayama Museum of Modern Art / Hokkaido Museum
of Modern Art / Kyoto Pref' Culture and Art Museum / Shumei Culture Foundation / Taipei Fine Arts Museum [ Taiwan ] /
Wolfson College Univ, of Oxford [ U,K, ] / Tokyo National Modern Art Museum
●Corporate Collection
Hotel Metropolitan Nagano / Ryouden Shyuji /Glico Foods / Hotel Metropolitan Edmont