The Lost Master

He once betrayed his master and exchanged his mentor's dignity for half a lifetime of fame. In his later years, he gained both fame and fortune, but all pretense was shattered by a dusty wooden sculpture. When Owl met him again in the Tokyo exhibition hall, that question, fifty years late, finally caused the gorgeous shell of "Master Fan" to fall apart. This is a confession that spans half a century. It took an artist a lifetime to understand that the real masterpiece is not in the canvas, but in the redemption.