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Motoi Yamamoto was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima in 1966 and received his B.A. from Kanazawa College of Art in 1995.
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Haruki Murakami, by danetta This is a post about oysters and the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. In a speech
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This is a great comedy, made by Mel Brooks in 1974, quite possibly his best movie. The hero, Dr. Frederick
Continue readingThe Japanese art of sumi-e
Sumi-e (墨絵), also called suiboku-ga (水墨画), is Japanese ink wash painting. Sumi-e painting evolved in the 5th century from Chinese calligraphy. The main subjects
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Introduction The Italian word “putto” is derived from the Latin word “putus”, meaning “boy” or “child”. In this post I
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