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HANAFUDA Beautiful Cards
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AYATURI Kuroko’s work
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SHODOU
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URASHIMA TARO Timeless
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RADIO TAISO Exercises!
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ONKEI Natural Sounds
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FUKUWARAI Emotions
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KURO Super Black
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WHY THE SEA IS SALT
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LOVE ART and HELP JAPAN
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DOU-SHOSA
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SEVEN SEASONS
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Maki-e Kasajizou
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RELIEF JAPAN
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HARE and KE-CLAD IN WORDS
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SEASONS-Heike-noky
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DOLLS-KRAKURI Gifts
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COLOR-SHIRO
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
LINDA HOAGLUND (FILM DIRECTOR)
Linda Hoaglund a film director, was born and raised in Japan. Since 1996, she has subtitled 140 Japanese films whose directors include Kurosawa Akira, Oshima Nagisa, and Miyazaki Hayao. She represents Japanese directors abroad and is actively producing several film projects. Her interest in controversial issues between Japan and the USA and arts has led her produce her...
Interviewer : Rena Sunou / Video : Dorian G. Stone
» read allKANJI SEGAWA (DANCER)
KANJI SEGAWA (Kanagawa, Japan) began his modern dance training with his mother, Erika Akoh and studied ballet with Kan and Ju Horiuchi at Unique Ballet Theatre in Tokyo, Japan. In 1997, Mr. Segawa came to the U.S. under the Japanese Government Artist Fellowship to train at The Ailey School. Mr. Segawa is a former member of Ailey II from 2000-2002 and Robert Battle's Battleworks Dance Company....
Interviewer : Rena Sunou / Video : Dorian G. Stone
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KEWAIDEN
Approximately 200 years ago, a guide on urban beauty called the Miyakofuzoku kewaiden painted a picture of the ideal Japanese woman. Making its subject matter the domestic details of women's private lives, the book—loosely translated to "Capital Beauty and Style Handbook" —was the first Japanese "how to" guide on feminine beauty. Published in 1813 by Hanshichi Sayama, it was created in a traditional watsuzuri format in which washi paper was bound by thread in order to create a durable, delicately bound volume. The guide contained instructional ink drawings by Shungyosai Hayamizu which diagrammed step-by-step instructions—from how to cleanse the...
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