Okawa Tatsuji - 大川辰次

Tatsuji Okawa

Japanese painter
1904-1999

'His name and work first appeared in public in Fuzokukitan magazin in 1963. In the mid 1970’s, Tetsuji Okawa cleared out his personal stuff and stopped drawing. He died in 1994 at the age of 90.'

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You see?

'Tetsuji Okawa cleared out his personal stuff and stopped drawing.'

So his way was not the loser's way.