closed due to the Great Kantō earthquake, which struck at 11:58. The artist is said to have recovered the scroll himself. Several months later the painting went on display in Kyōto. Acclaimed a masterpiece, it has been frequently exhibited and studied ever since and a full-size facsimile edition has been published. Yet, according to James Cahill, the painting, "hailed in its time as a masterwork ... from [a] more critical viewpoint might be seen as misusing the handscroll form by offering less of interesting visual material per running foot than handscrolls traditionally had offered". See also List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Tōkyō) Panta rhei (Heraclitus) References External links Metempsychosis (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Japanese paintings Important Cultural Properties of Japan 1923 paintings