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"Kotobuki
(Happiness)
2' x 2'; |
A
gift for a friend living on the big island in Hawaii |
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Toraya
15" x 15" |
The
first of many gifts for his son Frank's Japanese restaurant |
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Toraya |
Frank's
restaurant is at 1914 Fillmore St., San Francisco, CA
Tel: (415) 931-9455
Really, really, REALLY great Japanese food. (-: |
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Lady
in Red
40" x 27" |
One
of a pair being done for each of Yoshinori's son's wives.
Finished in 4 days *sigh* |
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Geisha
& Cat
48" x 22" |
This
is the picture his latest pattern was made from. We will
soon post the finished panel below it for comparison. |
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Geisha
& Cat (-:"
48" x 22" (-: |
Here
is the cat lady. Wonderful, just wonderful. (-: Nice. |
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TOMBO
(Dragonfly) Lamp
16" |
This
is Yoshinori's first lamp. He used the Odyssey Lamp system
which makes perfection easy. |
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Geisha
(-:"
40" x 27" |
Spreading
good will. He's decorating his family's homes for years
to come. (-: Nice. |
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Polo
Party (-:"
36" x 30" |
Designed
from a photograph of his friend. (He's the one with the
moustache) (-: |
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Butterfly
(-:"
20" x 27" |
A
fun gift for one of his grandsons' (-: |
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"
Kimochikai "
(Elderly Support)
42" x 30" |
Kimochikai
is a non-profit organization in San Francisco's Japantown
that provides support services to the elderly. Yoshinori
made this to donate to their office. (-: |
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"
Lady in the Snow "
48" x32" |
I'm
breathless. Yoshinori's renderings of Japanese art just
get better and better, if it's possible to improve on perfection.
(-: |
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Samurai
in the Rain
42" x 40" |
Grampa
is moving into fusing now for more realism. He fused the
eyes in this panel. Frusing brings the eyes to life.(-: |
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Kabuki
Actor
52" x 30" |
Fused
eyes and broad swatches of color give a feasome presence
to this 17th Century Kabuki actor's visage.(-: |
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Three
in the Rain
42" x 30" |
The
eyes were too small to fuse, so Grampa sculpted them our
of foil overlays.(-: |
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Sunday
Afternoon Circa 1950
44" x 32" |
Something
a little out of character. A gift for a neighbor who has
been exceptionally kind and helpful in times of need.-: |
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Sushi
Shop Party #1
Left Panel
40" x 31" |
Grampa's
Jinan (second son) owns a great Sushi Restaurant in San
Francisco
(Toraya Restaurant on Fillmore Street)
This is the first half of a room divider for the shop and
the first of many panels to come. Great interpretation Gramps.
(-: |
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Sushi
Shop Party #2
Right Panel
40" x 31" |
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Japanese
Sumo
Wakanohana (Name)
42" x 30" |
A
wonderful rendition and once again the eyes are fused.(-: |
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Spiritual
Tiger
40" x 24" |
Much
too lifelike.(-: |
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Japanese
Doll
12" x 8"
Original design by Grampa |
For
one of Grampa's "younger" grandaughters. (-:
Eyes are fused, not painted. |
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Women
in the Wind
48" x33"
Original design by H. Kobayashi |
Can't
tell you who this one is for......It's a secret (-: |
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