Katayama Nanpū 堅山南風 (1887-1980) - a nihonga painter born in Kumamoto Prefecture, he moved to Tokyo in 1910 to become the student of Takahashi Kōko  髙橋廣湖  (1875-1912), he is known for his paintings of historical subjects. Later he became a student of the famous Yokoyama Taikan 横山大観 (1868-1958), the artist credited with revitalizing traditional Japanese painting through nihonga, who paved Katayama's way into the seventh government sponsored Bunten exhibition of 1913, where Katayama won fame for his approach to historical painting, being awarded a second prize for his work Shimotsuki goro 霜月ごろ ("Around November"). In 1914 he was made a member of the Japan Fine Art Academy (Nihon bijutsuin). In 1916 he travelled to India spending three months sketching. In 1958 he was made a member of the Japan Art Academy (Nihon geijutsu-in) and he received the Order of Cultural Merit in 1968.

Sources: Nihonga Transcending the Past: Japanese-Style Painting, 1869-1968, Ellen P. Conant, Weatherhill, 1995, p. 303; A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer, Laurance P. Roberts, Weatherhill, 1976, p. 70; Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art, Yutaka Tazawa, Kodansha International, Ltd. in collaboration with the International Society for Educational Information, Inc., 1981, p. 134; "Ruptures and Continuity in Pan-Asianism: New Insights into India-Japan Artistic Exchanges in the first half of the Twentieth Century",  Eve Loh Kazuhara, National University of Singapore; https://shop.shibunkaku.co.jp/english/shop/g/g5145/