Are you familiar with Kanda Nissho, the genius painter who died at the young age of 32? Many people may have first heard of him because he was the motif for a character in the NHK television drama series. While working on the development of farmland in Shikaoi Town, Tokachi, Kanda Nissho produced many wonderful paintings. Let's trace that history at the Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum of Art. Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum is located in Shikaoi-cho, where he lived. Kanda Nissho was originally born in Nerima, Tokyo in 1937, but moved to Tokachi with his family in 1945 when he was seven years old. Life was difficult, but he loved drawing from an early age, and he produced many works using a painting knife on plywood. In his 20s, he started winning prizes at art exhibitions and gradually started to attract attention, and he was able to buy paints. Around this time, his works started to stand out, and his colorful works were different from his previous style. Then, by the time he turned 30, he had started to show the strength that is characteristic of Nissho, who lives in the northern lands. Although there were high hopes for his further achievements, Nissho died of sepsis caused by pyelonephritis in August 1970. He was only 32 years old. Even after his death, the acclaim for his work grew, and with the efforts of local young people, the Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum of Art was completed in 1993. During his lifetime, Kanda Nissho said, "In the end, the kind of work you create depends on how you live your life." When you see his work at the museum, you will feel the trajectory of the life of the painter Kanda Nissho and his vitality. And perhaps this passion was born and nurtured precisely because of the land of Tokachi. ▼For more information, please see the Domingo spot page. Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum of Art <Interview cooperation> Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum of Art Address: 3-2 Higashimachi, Shikaoi-cho, Kato-gun, Hokkaido Phone: 0156-66-1555 Official site: http://kandanissho.com