Tohsinobu Onosato,b.1912- 1986, learned oil painting at Atelier Tsuda Seifu from 1931. He participated in the WW2 from 1941 in Manchuria, where he became a prisoner of war. Detentioned in Siberia, he was unable to return to Japan until 1948. Afterwards, he continued to paint and print circles at his atelier in Kiryu. Represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 1964 and 1966.