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“Revelations from the Sea”: An Artist's Response to the Disasters of March 11th, 2011

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Rebecca Jennison
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Japanese artist Tomiyama Taeko (b. 1921) has devoted her life to creating works of art that explore contested histories of war and colonialism in East Asia. For several decades she has collaborated with musician and composer Takahashi Yuji to produce powerful audio-visual slide and dvd works that illuminate little-told stories of the past; the two artists see themselves as modern day “tabigeinin” (wandering minstrels) who like poets and painters of medieval times, speak through their art to the times.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 32 , August 2012 , e2
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1 Biography of Tomiyama Taeko at Imagination Without Borders (Laura Hein)

See also Laura Hein and Rebecca Jennison, eds., Imagination Without Borders: Feminist Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility, Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2010. See here and here.

2 Artist's statement from March 2 issue of Shukan Kinyobi.

3 Artist's statement from March 16th issue of Shukan Kinyobi.

4 Artist's statement from March 9th issue of Shukan Kinyobi.

5 University of Tokyo, March 2, Keio University, May, Hiratsuka, June, 2012.

6 “Atomic Age” website