Word: tokyo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Twenty-five examples cover the whole history of Japanese prints from 1650 to 1850 and include the works of the greatest artists of the period. The prints are being circulated on tour by the American Federation of Arts and were made in the studios of Toyohisa Adachi in Tokyo. These color block prints after the great masters are considered by art critics to be the finest facsimiles approximating the quality of line, age, and color, in old prints, that have come to this country...
...hoped that everyone wishing to live in Hongkew will make friends with the Japanese. Japanese ladies, 150 from the Tokyo High School, well versed in English, are now in Shanghai for the sole purpose of being better acquainted with foreigners. Further details regarding interviews etc. will be furnished . . . in the office of the Secretary to the Commander of the Naval Fleet in Shanghai. "Foodstuffs will be sold at 23½% discount. Saki will be free to those who drink to the health of the Emperor, and a quantity not exceeding two liters [slightly more than ½ gallon] can be taken...
...brought back one thing he had not expected when he set out with his wife for Tokyo eight months ago-the story of a war. Arriving in Japan just in time for the excitement, Bill McGovern lost no time in becoming embroiled in it. He went first to Manchukuo, and while he was being toasted in champagne by Japanese officials in Hsinking, his wife-was arrested snapping pictures in the streets...
...greatest architect of the 20th Century whose genius was hailed in foreign countries long before it was recognized in the United States, the forerunner of the international style, the designer of the Tokyo Hotel, of homes, offices and industrial plants scattered throughout the country is (1 Louis Sullivan, 2 Frank Lloyd Wright, 3 Richard J. Neutra, 4 Grant Wood, 5 Georges Enesco...
Starting today and lasting for two weeks, the reproductions of Japanese prints will remain in Robinson. Made at the studies of Toyohisa Adachi in Tokyo, the paintings are being circulated by the American Federation of Arts...