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Watercolorist Osamu Saito and his students "Sakura"
June 1 - July 31, 2012 |
Watercolorist Osamu Saito and his students celebrate the 2012 Cherry Blossom Centennial with paintings depicting sakura, now on view in the library of the Japan Information & Culture Center at the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles.
Mr. Saito teaches watercolor at the Ken Nakaoka Community Center in Gardena, California. Artists whose works appear in the exhibition are: Yuriko Baba,
Fumiko Ige,
Kimiko Kudo,
Emiko Miyazaki,
Kyoko Matsumoto,
May Seki,
Yasuko Saito,
Kimiko Uno,
Reiko Yamada,
Osamu Saito (instructor) |
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Tohoku Children's Art
Ceramics by Mariko Bird
January 4 - March 19, 2012 |
Mariko Bird uses unusual shapes and glaze techniques to evoke a surreal quality to her ceramic sculptures. Her work is now on display. |
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Watercolor Paintings of Osamu Saito
November 1, 2011 - March 19, 2012 |
Watercolor paintings by artist Osamu Saito are now exhibited in the library of the Japan Information and Culture Center. Through skillful plays of color, sunlight is portrayed as through a window or through water, warming the picture’s subject as well as the viewer. |
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Transportation by En Tengara
June 23 - December 29, 2011 |
Transportation vehicles are the focus of En Tengara's artistic creations. Constructed with paper, these 3D replicas put excitement and nostalgia into mass transit. |
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Children’s Art from the City of Nagoya, Japan
Origami Creations by Keiro Members
May - October 2011 |
Residents of the Keiro Retirement Home's origami club display their crafts in the library of the Japan Information & Culture Center at the Consulate. The members of the origami club are Yoko O'Malley, Chiyoko Matsui, Kotoko Toji and Techi Yoneda. |
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Tanabata Dreams by Richard Fukuhara
July 18 - September 2, 2011 |
Artist Richard Fukuhara took photographs of last summer's tanabata decorations at the 2nd annual Los Angeles Tanabata Festival in Little Tokyo. While photographing the streaming tanabata decorations, he felt the enduring strength of the Japanese American Issei community. This year's tanabata festival will be from August 12-15. |

"Awakening" |

"Community" |
Watercolor Wisdom from Keiro Retirement Center’s Watercolor Club
April 25 – June 17, 2011 |
Under the guidance of their instructor, Mrs. Hiroko Muramoto, residents of Keiro Retirement Center’s watercolor class express their artistry and wisdom through painting. Nine artists display their work in the library of the Japan Information & Culture Center in the Consulate. The artists whose works are exhibited are: Gaigo Funaki, Tomie Hattori, Mayumi Hirahara, Kumiko Kodani, Hiroko Muramoto, Yoko O’Malley, Fujie Wade, Techi Yoneda and Satoye Yoshise. |

Hiroko Muramoto, Garden Lit from the West
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Gaigo Funaki, Asa no Yasai
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Mayumi Hirahara, Planters
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Satoye Yoshise, Winter Landscape
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Rosa Odow Watercolors
Toys from Japan
Nagoya City Art
Origami
L.A. Tokyo Kai Photo Contest Exhibition: The City of Tokyo
March 2 – April 30, 2010 |

Late in Spring by Takao Izumi
GRAND PRIZE |

Imperial Palace by Patricia Omoto
GOLD AWARD |

Asakusakko by Keiichi Urakami
SILVER AWARD |

Asakusa: People Who are Part of Tokyo
BRONZE AWARD |

A Day at Meiji Park by Daniel Tam-Lung
PRESIDENT'S AWARD |

Tokyo Tower Night by Yuki Asakusa
CHILDREN'S AWARD |
Hina Matsuri
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