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Video of our group photo exhibition at Kyoto International Community House during Nov. 16-20, 2011. Seven artists exhibited: Micah Gampel, Peter Macintosh, Motoyasu "Musashi" Matsutani. We talk about our work in this 25-min. vid.1050 views
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These portraits come from a larger exhibition at the Oyako Gallery in JR Maibara Station in northern Shiga Prefecture until March 2012.305 views
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The eighth and last corkboard panel showed photos of various rowing clubs rowing around Lake Biwa. Imazu Jr. High Rowing Club, Kyoto University Rowing Club, and a FISA tour.249 views
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Visitors watch and hum along with the Lake Biwa Rowing music video on an iPad.220 views
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Verse 4. From Imazu, the boys rowed across the lake and most likely took a break at Chikubushima island in the middle of northern Lake Biwa. It has been a sacred island for centuries with Hogonji Buddhist temple (宝厳寺) first built in 724.216 views
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Next to the geisha photos was Philbert Ono's cove of photos introducing the Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta).172 views
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Click here for more details about Lake Biwa Rowing Song.165 views
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Verse 6. Rowing further down the eastern shore brings us to Omi-Hachiman, a old castle town and merchant town. One of its major temples is Chomeiji, dedicated to long life and good health and belonging to the Tendai Buddhist sect.160 views
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Kyoto International Community House (京都市国際交流会館) is near Keage Station on the Tozai subway line in Kyoto. It is near the famous Nanzenji temple, Keage Incline, and Lake Biwa Canal Museum.158 views
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Verse 5. This is the only verse where the place is not specifically mentioned. The only hint is "old castle," which must be either Nagahama Castle or Hikone Castle. 156 views
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Verse 3. This verse is about a crossroads in life. It ponders over the question, "What do I want to do with my life?" Do we make life happen, or do we let life happen to us (rolling with the waves)?146 views
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Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta) photos at Kyoto International Photo Showcase 2011 by Philbert Ono. I used eight large corkboards. First time to exhibit these photos in Kyoto.144 views
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Another panorama shot of our exhibition room from a different corner of the room. The exhibition theme was "Home Sweet Hometown" or Furukiyoki Furusato.140 views
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Photos of Verse 2 (Omi-Maiko). Although this song is about rowing around Lake Biwa, it is also widely interpreted as a song about life itself. 138 views
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Peter Miller is one of the few artists who uses the traditional technique of copperplate photogravure. A copperplate is etched through a chemical process and then inked and pressed with paper to make prints.133 views
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Photos of Verse 1. There are six verses, and each verse take you to a different place around the lake. Verse 1 starts in Otsu where the rowers departed in southern Lake Biwa.131 views
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Bruce showed 12 portraits of his Oyako (Parent-child) portraits taken in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture which is next to Kyoto. The portraits were organized according to the four seasons starting with spring.130 views
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Bilingual biographies of Motoyasu Matsutani, Micah Gampel, John Wells, and Philbert Ono.130 views
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Philbert showed photos visually depicting Shiga's most famous hometown song about a rowing trip around Japan's largest lake by a bunch of rowers from a Kyoto university rowing club. 123 views
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The city of Maibara is pursuing a Kizuna campaign in reference to the bond (kizuna) with family and one's hometown. The city thus commissioned Bruce to shoot outstanding Oyako living in Maibara.118 views
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John Wells' oil painting of Mt. Hiei at dusk as seen from his window at home.110 views
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Motoyasu "Musashi" Matsutani showed scenic photos of Kyoto. These photos were also displayed the week before at a martial arts event in in Los Angeles, CA.107 views
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John Wells' large paintings of Mt. Hiei, Ryoanji, and the people on Japanese bills.105 views
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Kyoto-based John Wells showed large paintings based on photographs. 104 views
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Bilingual biographies of Bruce Osborn, Peter Miller, and Peter MacIntosh.102 views
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Motoyasu "Musashi" Matsutani. See his Web site at musashi05.exblog.jp/101 views
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Gion Matsuri100 views
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A large photo realistic painting of a broken traffic cone, also by John Wells.97 views
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See John's Web site at kisetsuga.com.97 views
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A few pages from our Guest Book that visitors signed.97 views
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Thanks to all who visited our exhibition.97 views
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This work showing Ryoanji combines painting and photography. He made this painting just for this KIPS 2011 exhibition.96 views
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Yabusame96 views
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Official flyer for Kyoto International Photo Showcase 2011.95 views
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Many of the prints were taken especially for this exhibition, displayed for the first time.94 views
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The photo of the back of a kimono woman was his favorite.94 views
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"I LOVE KYOTO" is the title of his photos.93 views
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Photos of Taizo-in temple, festivals, and people.93 views
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Micah explains his photos to the crowd.89 views
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Rethatching a roof in Shirakawa-go, a World Heritage Site.88 views
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Bruce Osborn has been shooting Oyako portraits for 30 years. Many of them Japanese celebrities.87 views
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Inside the 1st floor of the Kyoto International Community House is a staircase and elevator going up to the 2nd floor. We had a signboard for our exhibition here too.86 views
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We had seven artists showing their work. Six were American or Canadian, and one was Japanese. Three were from the Tokyo area, and the others live in Kyoto. The first wall showed these Oyako (Parent-child) portraits by Bruce Osborn.86 views
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Next was Peter Miller's copperplate photogravures of furusato (hometown) scenes in Japan. 86 views
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Peter Miller started his series with pictures of Shirakawa-go (Gifu Prefecture) in winter snow. The houses have steep, thatched roofs to dispel snow.86 views
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Shirakawa-go (Gifu Prefecture) in winter snow by Peter Miller.86 views
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Peter Miller explaining his work to visitors.86 views
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Peter MacIntosh explains his work to visitors. See Peter's Web site at petermacintosh.com.86 views
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On a back wall, Micah Gampel showed numerous small self-portraits of himself at his friends' homes in a series titled, "My Furukiyoki Furusato is My Friends."86 views
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Our signboard next to the staircase and elevator going up to the 2nd floor.85 views
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Oyako in winter. On the left is a portrait taken at Oku-Ibuki ski grounds and this Oyako operate the ski grounds.85 views
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Also see oyako.org.85 views
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Snow in Muikamachi, Niigata.85 views
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Peter MacIntosh's Kyoto geiko/maiko photos. A few photos were taken overseas when he took a few geiko for overseas events.85 views
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Standing here felt like you were surrounded by geisha.85 views
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More work by John Wells.85 views
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A sample of Micah's work. See Micah's Web site at micahgampel.com.85 views
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See Peter's Web site at kamprint.com.84 views
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Faces we see on the 10000-yen, 5000-yen, and 1000-yen bills.84 views
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The 2nd floor has the Sister Cities Exhibition Room where we held our group photo exhibition. This is a panorama shot of what our exhibition room looked like.83 views
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Canadian Peter MacIntosh is the Geisha Guru. He created a 13-meter-long montage of his Kyoto geiko/maiko photos. Ten years worth of 250+ photos.83 views
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Meigetsuin temple in Kamakura with its famous moon-shaped window which opens to a Japanese garden. Also famous for hydrangeas in June.82 views
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Kamakura temples. Peter lives in Kamakura.82 views
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Front entrance of Kyoto International Community House, a municipal facility with event hall and conference rooms for rent and language/cultural classes for Kyoto's foreign community.80 views
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Near the front entrance is our signboard for Kyoto International Photo Showcase 2011 held during Nov. 16-20, 2011 featuring seven artists.80 views
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Bottom is a shot of Pittsburgh, PA taken when Peter was a young boy.80 views
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Welcome message to exhibition visitors.77 views
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