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Participation in the formulation of Santiniketan’s pan-Asian orientation brought a gradual assimilation of the representational and compositional principles ofcalligraphic painting and its concomitant world view into his work. This synergy he brought to his perception of the Santiniketan landscape and life therein – in his drawings and sketches, unfolding scrolls and remarkable murals. The highpoint of his personal effort to extend national boundaries was a sojourn to Japan he undertook in 1937. He was eager to see the works of artists like Toba Sojo. Sesshu and Sotatsu whom he greatly admired. He had an exhibition of his work in Tokyo in 1938 and also met artists Arai Kampo and Takeuchi Seiho, art historian Saichi Taki and museum director Akiyama.