The Japan Times’ review writes of the importance of Professor John Szostak’s recently published book, “Painting Circles: Tsuchida Bakusen and Nihonga Collectives in Early 20th-Century Japan.” Szostak compellingly reminds us that before Tsuchida Bakusen’s work was written into the canon of nihonga (Japanese-style painting) it was considered transgressive at the time of their making. Read more…