Tradition is not a prison; it is a foundation.
芸術に行き詰まりはない。行き詰まるのは芸術家である。

Artists
Yokoyama Taikan
Born in Mito in 1868, Taikan modernized Japanese painting through the hazy morotai technique that dissolved outlines. He sought to fuse Eastern brush tradition with Western spatial awareness.
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