Kaii’s Blue and Sogen’s Red
Masterworks known among modern and contemporary works of Nihonga painting for their impressive use of color—such as the blue in Higashiyama Kaii’s (1908-1999) Year End Snow and the red in Okuda Sogen’s (1912-2003) Oirase Ravine (Autumn)— are chosen to suggest the close relationship been artists and colors.
