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Samizu Matsuki - Her schooling.

  Samizu Matsuki's  4th and 5th grade Abira Choritsu Abira Elementary School   165 Abira, Yufutsu District    Hokkaido 059-1511, Japan     tel  +81 145-23-2266 1st and 2nd grade: Ikushun-Betsu elementary school, Mikasa. Hokkaido .                                   Address : 485-1 Hongocho, Mikasa, Hokkaido 068-2161, Japan Closed ⋅ Opens 8AM Phone : +81 1267-2-2010      01267-2-3182 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade Toya-Ko Elementary school Abuta Elementary School 59 Sakaecho, Toyako, Abuta District, Hokkaido 049-5604, Japan Tel   +81 142-76-2015 web http://www.town.toyako.hokkaido.jp/abteschool/index.html 4th and 5th grades Abira elementary school 1, Abira Municipal Toasa Elementary School.   Address : 580 Toasa, Abira, Yufutsu District, Hokkaido 059-1433, Japan 2 Abira Choritsu Abira Elementary School :  165 Abira, Y...

Samizu Matsuki: Memories, Dreams, Reflections (A work in progress)

We are fortunate in Samizu having been a prolific diarist in the years when she  painted her most significant works.  "Significant"  as in expressing themes  of those times on earth, as opposed to  portraits and land- and sea-scapes, which as a working artist  she painted more than 100. Samizu learns to draw and to paint. 3pgs     childhood_art_excerpts.pdf . Lights on the Sea. A childhood memoir. 25 pages     lights_on_the_sea_full.pdf . A quick review from from childhood during World War Two in Hokkaido, Japan to winning awards in NYC 1970. 15 pages    samizu_by_samizu_052522%20%281%29.pdf . List of Samizu's schools, and a memoir from childhood through high school. 4pgs Life during and after the war, 1936 to 1946.10pgs   samizu_life_during_after_ww2_1936_1946.pdf . A bloodstained gate at the United Nations 1974. 11pgs     samizu_1974_united%20_nations_judo_3rd_person.pdf French Academy's influence on Art...