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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Tomohiro Osaki</title>
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		<title>Rare chance to see Tokyo geisha</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a talented conversationalist is a vital part of the skill set of any accomplished hostess. The same goes for top-class geisha. Veteran geisha Ikuko, for example, recalls scouring newspapers avidly for potential conversation topics, dining with her apprentices every morning, and even frequenting local gay bars to learn the art of effervescent banter. Her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Raffaello&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Madonna del Granduca&#8221; is a beloved masterpiece by Italian painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520), known by most as simply Raphael. Described by critics as one of the great Madonna and child paintings, it was a source of inspiration for many generations of painters. As one of the most successful High Renaissance painters, Raphael was prolific and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Shigeru Ban: Architecture and Humanitarian Activities&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect Shigeru Ban is renowned for involving himself in unusual projects, and he has become particularly well-known for his experiments with paper as a cheap and sustainable building material. In response to the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, Ban designed paper temporary shelters for victims. He also created a divider system out of paper tubes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New play tackles the touchy issue of nationalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Juvenile delinquency. Intersexuality. Terminal-illness treatment. These are the kinds of social issues theater troupe Fukinkobo has fearlessly tackled over the years, giving it a reputation for having the courage of its convictions to spotlight the predicament of people with marginalized social status. This time around, Fukinkobo will address one of the touchiest political topics of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Klimt&#8217;s Golden Rider and Vienna: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Klimt&#8217;s Birth&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) is well-known for the opulence and eroticism of his works, which often focused on the female nude, and for his preoccupation with themes of death. This exhibition, which commemorates the 150th anniversary of Klimt&#8217;s birth, focuses on the early ages of Klimt&#8217;s career, showcasing pieces that had yet to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Design Project for the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1964 Summer Olympics will forever be remembered as one of the most important events in Japan&#8217;s postwar history. To Japan, hosting the Olympics was the nation&#8217;s opportunity to prove to the world that it had strength and power to recover and progress from its crushing defeat in World War II two decades earlier. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Print Art Triennale in Kyoto&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the growing popularity of high-tech art, such as digital media and installations, engraving woodblock prints might seem primitive and old-fashioned. Many Japanese, in fact, associate woodblock printing with older-generation artisans, who they imagine slave fastidiously over works in the silence of a gloomy studio. Designed to shake up this stereotypical perception of printmaking, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Kobayashi Naojiro Exhibition&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Naojiro Kobayashi outlived a diagnosis that a lung disease he was suffering from would kill him by the age of 25, his favorite phrase became: &#8220;I&#8217;m so embarrassed I have lived this long.&#8221; But he continued to defy the disease, finally living to the age of 93, keeping himself active throughout with a devotion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Party picks up in Chinatown this weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it seems politics is all that comes to mind when talking about China these days, the current New Year&#8217;s holiday shows what a remarkable breadth of culture the country has. It just so happens that Yokohama is home to one of the biggest Chinatowns in the world. No political differences have been able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Beauty in Everyday Life: Musée Hamaguchi Yozo &#8212; Spring Exhibition&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Printmaker Yozo Hamaguchi (1909-2000) is best known for his ground-breaking work in colored mezzotints. His predominant use of soft but dark coloring, which gave the mezzotints a peaceful and serene quality, differentiated his work from other print artists, and led to the global recognition of his aesthetic and skill. Alongside Hamaguchi&#8217;s works are those by [...]]]></description>
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