Aida Tomiyasu is the go or art name of Ibara Meijiro. He was born in Tateyama City, Chiba prefecture and studied metal casting under Yamamoto Azumi (1880-1945), also a graduate of the metal casting department at the Tokyo School of Fine Art. Between 1929-1957 he exhibited regularly at the annual government-sponsored exhibitions, the Teiten, Shin-Bunten and Nitten, winning the grand prize a the 1949 Nitten. Internationally, he successfully exhibited at the New York World's fair and at the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939 and became known for his Art Deco-inspired style evident in this example.