Isao Mizutani (1921-2015) is an artist who played an important role in the avant-garde art movement in post-war Japan. Especially in the 1960s, he drew attention both domestically and internationally for his unique paintings that used nihonga painting materials (he called himself glue paintings rather than using the word nihonga). I was. In addition to painting, he developed a wide range of activities, such as working on stage art for Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno.