“Jyaku（meaning: There is neither life nor death）”

Kumagai Morikazu

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Artist Name: Kumagai Morikazu
Title: “Jyaku（meaning: There is neither life nor death）”
Dimensions: painting：65.5×33.6㎝
full length：145.8×48.5㎝
Medium: ink on paper
Year: 1976
Description: Morikazu Kumagai (1880-1977) was born in Gifu.
In 1900, he entered Tokyo University of the Arts, and was taught by Seiki Kuroda.
It was in his 60s when he established so-called "Kumagai Style" with unique methods.
His art style is based on a procedure with transcription that was being tried to develop since about 1935.