Contemporary Japanese artists grasped Western techniques and styles, using them freely for a long time. This means that we are dealing with a phenomenon of universal art, consciously referencing various aesthetic traditions, using different cultural codes at the same time; art that blurs national boundaries. Against this background, the work of Koji Kamoji is very interesting. Koji Kamoji's minimalist and largely abstract work is clearly rooted in Japanese tradition. The artist has a close relationship to nature, and in his works, there is often related symbolism: the sky, water, stones – important elements in the Shinto tradition, which Kamoji incorporates into his own creative mythology. In turn, the extreme simplicity of form, the artist's austere use of materials, and the understated means of expression derive from the spirit of Buddhism. Kamoji's peculiar existentialism, the references to human fate frequently appearing in his works, is also coloured with Buddhist philosophy. Kamoji operates on cultural borders, a practice which is determined by the Japanese roots of his art, and his deep knowledge of modern art and artistic self-awareness.