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Meiji Memorial Gallery, Aoyama Itchome

Jun 23rd, 2008 • Sight-seeing

The Meiji Gallery in Aoyama Itchome holds 80 works of art depicting scenes from the life of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912), half painted in the Japanese style and half in a Western style, each about 3 meters square and really quite stunning.

I discovered this Gallery unconventionally. In fact, I’d thought a long time ago that the museum/impressive building scene in Tokyo was played out for me. I’d been through several solid guide-books and already visited every place that seemed of interest. It seems I was wrong.

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Banksy, Japan

Jun 23rd, 2008 • Japan Art

For my birthday back in April my mom bought me a Banksy print from the Banksy shop in the East End of London, where she lives and he primarily works. He’s a grafitti artist who uses the streets as his canvas. He’s become incredibly popular in the last few years, spawning a host of imitators, so that genuine Banksy works are prized and often sold on (as in, the wall upon which they are painted is cut out and sold).

Here’s the print still wrapped up on my couch.