Kouichi Fine Arts is pleased to present an exhibition “Ten Decades” of precious masterpieces by Masayuki Nagare.

Masayuki Nagare was a modernist Japanese sculptor, nicknamed “Samurai Artist” for his commitment to traditional Japanese aesthetics. Nagare’s art is strongly influenced by Shintoism, Zen Buddhism, and traditional Japanese martial arts. Masayuki Nagare’s sculpture, regardless of size, is highly inventive and sophisticated, highly controlled and thought-through to the last, apparently accidental detail. It is rarely descriptive or representational, but rather evokes associations with underlying ideas or emotional currents. Its great strength lies in the fact that it never looses contact with the basic creative forces in our lives. These formal and perfect stones are never remote or impersonal, but radiate warmth and compassion.