Masaru Shichinohe: A Surrealist Vision from Japan Masaru Shichinohe, a name perhaps still relatively unknown outside of Japan’s artistic circles, is a painter whose work possesses a captivating and deeply unsettling beauty. Born in 1959 in Aomori Prefecture, his journey to becoming a prominent surrealist artist began not with canvas and paint, but with the structured world of architecture. After graduating from Musashino Art University with a degree in Architecture, Shichinohe spent three years working for an architectural firm before realizing that his true passion lay elsewhere – in creati…