Kato’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Tea Bowl
Kato Shuntai Japanese, 1799-1878
Square Bowl
Kato Tsubusa Japanese, born 1962
Library Chair
Designed by Donald Judd American, 1928–1994 Made by Cooper/Kato Unknown, after 1946
Silver Foot Train at Union Station
Kiyoaki Kato American, 1950-2017
Standard Oil Building
Snow in Downtown
Chicago
Salt pile at Lake Shore Drive
Night photo
Tide Breakers at Lake
Shino-glazed flower vase (Shino kaki)
Kato Yasukage Japanese, 1964-2012
Bahai Temple
Historical Building with Christmas Lights
Lights Dancing
Bones on roof
View to Southside
Buddhist Pagoda
Korea
Rakta Yamari, a Wrathful Form of Manjushri
Tibet
Twelve Poetic Immortals and Their Poems
Reizei Tamechika Japanese, 1823-1864