A Life Between Two Worlds Born in 1881 in Tama City, Japan, Morita Tsunetomo lived a life defined by the shifting boundaries between Western and Japanese traditions. His early years were shaped by private education before he entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, where he studied under Koyama Shōtarō and Nakamura Fusetsu. This period of formal training provided the foundation for his initial pursuit of yōga, or Western-style painting.…
Scroll through Morita Tsunetomo's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
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The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Morita Tsunetomo's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
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