Tandō Saka

1943 - entered the army; served in Thailand.  1964 - Asst Prof at Hokkaido Women's Junior College & won 2nd Nitten special prize for "Seinen-zo".  1965 - Prof.  1966 - became member of Nitten & best sculptor in Hokkaido.  1976 - created "Dr. Clark on the Hill", his masterpiece.  1995 - Prof Emeritus.  1998 - died.  Family donated his works to Noto-cho.  The regular exhibition of his works can be seen at Noto-cho Uchiura Town Building."

Saka Tando was born in Koiji, Noto-cho (formerly Uchiura-machi), Ishikawa Pref in 1920.  Father was an oil painter & grandfather was a Japanese-style painter.  1930 - moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido.  1939 - entered the Dept of Sculpture at Tokyo Fine Arts School.  1943 - while a student, his work was selected for the Shin-Bunten (now known as Nitten, the Japanese Fine Arts Exhibition).