Kita Renzo: A Life in Painting and War Documentation Born: Gifu, Japan (1876) Died: 1949 Kita Renzo was a Japanese painter whose career spanned the late Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods. He is recognized for his western-style painting training, his role as an official war artist documenting Japan's involvement in both the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War, and his ability to capture poignant moments of huma…