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Murakami states that a source of inspiration for him is work from “eccentric artists” from the early modern Edo Period (1600-1868) due to the way that the viewers’ eyes pass over the paintings, accelerating and decelerating, in sort of a zigzag motion. On the report of Murakami, pictures made by these eccentric artists dictate “the velocity of the observer’s gaze, the manner of the gazes scan, and the attendant information content.” As well as their “frequent use of a trick that makes the viewer aware of the painting’s extreme planarity.” According to Murakami “a planarity with no discontinuities is a special characteristic of these artists' compositional methodology.”