Word: yuichi
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...Right now, the art attractions at Kotohira-gu are not limited to the treasures of the okushoin. Current exhibitions there also include four other galleries of paintings, sculptures, scrolls and screens from various periods. One fascinating show is a retrospective of the work of Yuichi Takahashi, one of the first Japanese artists to adopt Western oil-painting techniques. His still lifes and landscapes, from the second half of the 19th century, are a fascinating glimpse of an artist struggling to master a new and foreign style while remaining traditionally Japanese in his subject matter...
...Yuichi Washida, a consumer researcher and M.I.T visiting scholar, discussed the important influence that cute culture has on technology. Young women, labeled “kogals,” are the driving force behind the Hello Kitty genre as well as cell phone culture—the market size for “chaku-melo,” or trendy ring tone services, has reached one billion dollars and is poised to compete with annual cd sales revenue.The range of conference attendees reflected Hello Kitty’s mass appeal. Among those in attendance were anthropologists and market researchers...
...Three filmmakers suggest that Japan's rising sun is about to climb a little higher. Shunji Iwai has got pop-culture sensibility down pat and, in All About Lily Chou-Chou, his lens finds the gritty underside of young Japan. Yuichi, (Ichihara Hayato) a shy teen, is bullied by schoolmate Hoshino, (Oshinara Shugo). Among other trials, he is forced to masturbate in front of five other boys. For solace, Yuichi listens to pop idol Lily Chou-Chou and constructs his own identity in an online chat room devoted to her. Yuichi befriends a pianist named Yoko (Ayumi...