Eccentric, bizarre, and at times psychedelic, the traditional literary paintings, or nangas, of the Japanese artist Fukada Kodōjin have never before been exhibited outside of Japan. Prolific as a poet, painter, and calligrapher, Kodōjin honors the expansive beauty of nature through simple yet evocative brushstrokes. A poem called “Beyond failure or success,” published in Kodōjin’s 1912 verse collection, neatly characterizes his artistic style: “Only white clouds moving / My spirit returns to a point of ease / Transcendent—beyond failure or success / Sitting alone viewing the empty mountains.” Though Kodōjin’s work slipped into obscurity following his death in 1944, the exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art honors one of the few artists who continued in the nanga tradition after 1900. —Nyla Gilstrap