In 1910 Kyoto-born Dômoto Inshô graduated at the Kyôto Municipal School of Fine Arts and Crafts. He was a student of Nishiyama Suishô. After working as a textile designer he entered the Kyôto City Specialist School of Painting, where he graduated in 1924. In 1925 he won the Imperial Fine Arts Academy Prize. He taught painting in Kyôto before WWII, and in 1952 he went to Europe. Subsequently he became very famous as a painter. He became a member of the Japan Art Academy. In 1961 he received the Order of Cultural Merit, and in 1966 the Dômoto Inshô museum, entirely designed by him, was opened in Kyôto. An important artist.
