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Tamako Kataoka

Tamako Kataoka
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Native name 片岡球子
Born (1905-01-05)5 January 1905
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Died 16 January 2008(2008-01-16) (aged 103)
Nationality Japanese
Style Nihonga

Tamako Kataoka (片岡球子 Kataoka Tamako?) (5 January 1905 in Sapporo – 16 January 2008) was a Japanese Nihonga painter.

She is known for her series of Mount Fuji and other mountains, painted in bold colours such as red. She designed one of the curtains at the Nagoya Kabuki Misono-za theatre called "Flowers at Mount Fuji" (富士に献花).

She was friends with Kokei Kobayashi (1883–1957). She was awarded the Order of Culture.



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