AKA Hasegawa Rinjirō, Hasegawa Rinjiro, Rinjiro Hasegawa, Hasegawa Jirojiro, Hashigawa Rinkjuu Hasegawa Jirojiro (Hashigawa Rinkjuu, Jan. 7, 1904 - Jan. 28, 1988); Japanese painter. Famous for cat pictures. He was also a novelist who wrote a detective story with a pen name of Teruiji Minori (じ み い い い ぞ う). "Plain, serenity, solitary - Exhibition Ryoji Hasegawa" was held in Hiratsuka City Museum of Art in 2010. Also from Dec. 3, 2016-Jan. 22, 2017 "Fujii Collection Yujiro Hasegawa" was held at Okazaki City Art Museum. Born in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan his father, Kiyoshi Hasegawa (later renamed to Shusuo), Yuki Hasegawa's second son. His eldest brother, Haita Hasegawa also an artist who was active with three pseudonyms Makima Hayashi, Hayashi Miyazaki, and Tani Jozen. As a younger brother, Mr. Hasegawa Sho (poet) of the poet and Sho Hasegawa (the third son). Graduated formerly Hakodate Junior High School (now Hokkaido Hakodate Central High School). A future detective novelist / editor Mizutani quasi-junior high school classmate. After that, aspiring to a painter, to Tokyo in 1924, Yasushi Matsumoto lodging in a boarding house, living together with Mizutani. In 1931, went to Paris for the purpose of studying paintings; planned to stay for several years, but returned home after about a year. In 1988, he died at the age of 84. [Google translation of Japanese text at https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E8%B0%B7%E5%B7%9D%E3%82%8A%E3%82%93%E4%BA%8C%E9%83%8E Jiroji gained little attention in his lifetime. He painted landscapes and still lifes in Tokyo and Ogikubo near his home. He was far away from art galleries and was rarely noticed by the mass media. His production attitude was extremely unique; he did not draw unless the real thing was before his eyes. In recent years, his name gradually became known mainly for a picture of a cat. Recently a series of publications of art collections and the first large retrospective exh undefined

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