Kuma Mukai
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Kuma Mukai (向井 久万, Mukai Kuma; 14 December 1908 – 20 January 1987) was a Japanese painter born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan in 1908.[1] He lived for some time in Kamakura before his death in Tokyo in 1987. He is well known for his paintings of nude women, Buddhist images, and floral designs.
After he graduated one of the art colleges in Kyoto, he worked as a designer of Kimono texture for traditional Japanese clothes. He started to be a painter and taught by Nishiyama Suisho (1879-1958).
It was during this time that he met his wife-to-be, Tatsu Hirota, who was also studying as a painter under Nishiyama. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.
