Oda Kazuma (織田一磨)
Kazuma ODA (November 11, 1882 - March 18, 1956) was an artist and a printmaker, who lived during the Meiji period to the Showa period. He was the fourth son of Nobunori ODA.
He was born in Tokyo on November 11, 1882. He learned Western-style paintings from Kiyoo KAWAMURA and lithographs from Masajiro KANEKO.
He is known as 'Kazuma ODA of self-portrait lithograph.'
His masterpieces are collected at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and others.
Around 1894, he moved to Osaka with his father Nobunori. Afterwards, he worked at Hiroshima Sekihan Insatsu-jo (Hiroshima lithoprinting house) and Zuanchosei-jo (design coordination center) of Osaka City Office. Although he returned to Tokyo in 1903 (表記の変更), he again moved to Osaka 1911(表記の変更) to join a newspaper company, Osaka Teikoku Shinbun-sha. After retiring the post, he returned to Tokyo. In 1931, he settled in Kichijoji, Tokyo. In 1945, he fled to Fukuno-machi, Toyama Prefecture for safety and lived there until 1949.
He presented his work at the first Bunten exhibition (the annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education) in 1907 (表記の変更), and at the second Bunten exhibition in 1909 (表記の変更), among others. In 1918 (表記の変更), he accomplished a series of pictures, 'Tokyo fukei' (Sceneries of Tokyo). He also founded Nihon Sosaku-hanga Kyokai (Japan creative print art association) in 1918, and Yofu-hanga Kyokai (Western-style print art association) in 1930 (表記の変更). He died on March 18, 1956.