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Where are Sou Akou's cherry blossoms?

Written: May 2023

Editorial summary; the original text is available in Japanese.

Drawing on Saigyō and Zeami's Fūshikaden, the critic asks why Sou Akou's cherry blossoms never fall, and finds the answer in a pictorial reality born in the painter's mind.

Full text in Japanese: 美術評論家 清水 敏男_曹亜鋼の「桜」はどこにあるのか