Kumagai Morikazu ( 1880 - 1977 ) was a Japanese Asian Modern and Contemporary oil and watercolor painter, known for his bright and colorful paintings of animals, plants and other everyday scenes in Western-style technique. Kumagai Morikazu s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices greatly surpassing estimated prices, varying from 2085.6 USD for STUDY OF AN OCTOPUS