“Manyō poetry”

Kumagai Morikazu

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Artist Name: Kumagai Morikazu
Title: “Manyō poetry”
Dimensions: painting：68.2×34.7 cm
full length：155.0×49.6 cm
Medium: ink on paper
Description: 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.