The Lineage of Eccentricity

The brilliant publication of “Kiso no Keifu” (The Lineage of Eccentricity) was written in the ‘70 by Nobuo Tsuji, the prestigious rector of the Tama University of Tokyo. The book was the first to reflect on how the eccentric and fantastic aspect was the most representative of Japanese art, especially watched from the rest of the world. Some years later those pages influenced the contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and they had been one of the greatest inspirations for his work.