Chigusa Kitani

was a Japanese painter and painting teacher.  She was born in 1895 in Osaka under the name Yoshioka Ei.  She died in 1947. 
She trained in Seattle, Washington, in the United States for two years from the age of 13, and her work was exhibited throughout Japan. 

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Category:1895 births
Category:1947 deaths
Category:20th-century Japanese painters