AIDA TOMIYASU (1901 - 1987) is the ”go” or artist name of Ibara Meijiro. He was born in Tateyama City, Chiba prefecture, and studied metal casting under Yamamoto Azumi (1880 - 1945), also a graduate of the metal casting department at the Tokyo School of Fine Art. Between 1929 and 1957, he exhibited regularly at the annual government-sponsored exhibitions of the Teiten, Shin-Bunten, and Nitten, winning the grand prize a the 1949 Nitten. Internationally, he successfully exhibited at the New York World’s Fair and the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939, gaining global recognition for his Art Deco-inspired style.

(Source: Christie’s)