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I learned the basics of painting from the late Mr.Akira Kubo. He was the lecturer of Sakura Art Salon which was located near my workplace. When he was young, the late Mr.Kubo joined as co-founders of Kyoku group which played one of the parts in the contemporary art in Japan after the Second World War.
After these activities, he went to France to study more and held solo exhibition in Paris, Vienna and Brussells. After he came back to Japan, he was one of the popular painters representing abstruct painting of Osaka,Kyoto and Nara area. He taught many young painters at Tennouji Art Institute of Osaka Museum.
 






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Quietness
Image From my memory..  

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Color of Spring
The subsidiary company of DAIKIN Ltd. is located at Oostende Belgium.
I often went there on the business trip. Brugge is about 15 minutes away by train from Oostende.

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Brightness of Spring
Brugge is very beautiful with many canals and old buildings. I like to visit there.

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Early Morning
I wanted to express the early morning haze.

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Image of Vienna
I painted this image from my memory.

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Lovers
It was hard to find the hotel because my hotel reservation has been cancelled due to renovation. I sketched on a postcard from the window of my room. I painted this scene by referring to the sketch.

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Honfleur
I stayed in Paris for about 10 days for my summer vacation. This is the scenery when I visited Honfleur, the old port town near Normandie.
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Deserted House
There was a deserted house I passed by while I was taking a walk in Honfleur. I felt uneasy walking near it.

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Distant View of Toledo
It was hotter than 40 when I visited Toledo. I could not sketch even when I went around the town by a taxi. I was ripped off by the charge of the taxi driver who could not understand English.

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Gate of Ancient City
There are several gate to enter Toledo to protect the town from enemies.

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Alley Way 1.
The old street of Toledo is like a labyrinth. The road back to the hotel will be very difficult to find if you go out for a walk.


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Alley Way 2
I went to the former residence of the Middle Ages painter El Greco, stopped at antique stores, and drank beer at a bar. It was a very hot day.

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Trappist Monastery
I went to Hakodate,Hokkaido
because I thought I will be able to eat delicious crab cheaper than Osaka. But it was the same as those in Osaka. I rented a four-wheel drive car and drove a long distance from Hakodate

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Neary Spring 1.
This is a winter landscape of Karuizawa.

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Neary Spring 2
This painting is an image of the suburbs of Hakodate. I exhibited this when the Japanese Embassy Washington D.C. invited the Japan Pastel Association to exhibit its paintings as part of the embassy's cultural program. When I visited the Smithsonians, I felt the big power of USA.

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The Morning Snow
I went to the northern part of Lake Biwa after I heard the weather forecast on TV. This garden is facing the inner trench of Hikone Castle.

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Deserted House
Before, I lived near the J R Sakuranimiya station. There was a deserted house under the railway bridge. I painted the deserted house to be a house where someone lives.

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Quarry Plant
I rented a car in the city of Fukui, and drove with the assistance of car navigation system. This is the image from my memory of that trip.

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Neary Spring 3.
This is the image of my memory that I saw Oono district, Fukui prefecture.

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Line Continue Far
Image of my memory that I saw somewhere before. 

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Neary Spring 4.
I began skiing when I was a student of the university. After entered to DAIKIN Ltd.
I went to ski to the Shinshu district every winter season. It is more than 50 years past. I feel the memories of youth. This is an image from my memory.

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