Garrison, Clayton

Katsuo Kuno, a prominent farmer in the Nukata District of the Aichi Prefecture near Nagoya, Japan, donated the 35 Shibata paintings to the University of California, Irvine in 1982.

There are two stories explaining his donation. One is that Kuno was a patient at the UCI Medical Center and made the gift in appreciation of the treatment he received there. The other is that the gift was in response to a post- WWII program headed by UCI Chancellor Dan Aldrich that brought Japanese farmers to the United States to learn American farming methods. The artist Kazuo Shibata was born in Nagoya in 1915 or 1916. He began his series of paintings of Japanese national parks in 1966 and finished in 1981.

From the description of Katsuo Kuno gift of Kazuo Shibata paintings scrapbook and catalog, 1982. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 137340694

Biography

Katsuo Kuno, a prominent farmer in the Nukata District of the Aichi Prefecture near Nagoya, Japan, donated the 35 Shibata paintings to the University of California, Irvine in 1982. There are two stories explaining his donation. One is that Kuno was a patient at the UCI Medical Center and made the gift in appreciation of the treatment he received there. The other is that the gift was in response to a post- WWII program headed by UCI Chancellor Dan Aldrich that brought Japanese farmers to the United States to learn American farming methods.

Kazuo Shibata was born in Nagoya in 1915 or 1916. The artist began his series of paintings of Japanese national parks in 1966 and finished in 1981.

From the guide to the Katsuo Kuno gift of Kazuo Shibata paintings scrapbook and catalog, 1982, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.)