Kaita Murayama

{{Short description|Japanese writer and artist (1896–1919)}}

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{{nihongo|Kaita Murayama|村山 槐多|Murayama Kaita|September 15, 1896 – February 20, 1919}} was a Japanese writer and artist. One of his self-portraits appears in the Mie Prefectural Art Museum in Tsu Mie Prefecture, Japan (not pictured here). He trained at the Fine Arts Academy in Tokyo and was influenced by Western art styles."Murayama, Kaita". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed April 2, 2015, http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00127861#fullTextLinks.{{subscription required}} His work is described as being muscular and robust.{{cite book|last1=Carroll|first1=Alison|title=The revolutionary century: art in Asia, 1900-2000|date=2010|publisher=Macmillan Australia|location=South Yarra, Victoria|isbn=978-1-921394-17-1|page=45}}