Japan Art and Nara: Buddhist Pagoda, Shinto, and Roaming Deer
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
All three art pieces focus on Nara. This part of Japan is the cradle of Japanese high culture. Accordingly, the high culture of Nara impacted greatly on Kyoto.
The first art piece is by Eiichi Kotozuka. He was born during the late Meiji Period (1868-1912) in 1906. He focused extensively on sōsaku hanga (creative prints) prints – which blessed Japan in the twentieth century.