Impressions 44
Part Two of Double Issue (2023)
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In This Issue
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Sekiya Shirō: Master & Mentor
Shirley Z. Johnson
91
Kimono Under the Microscope: Japanese Fashion at the Cusp of the Chemical Revolution
Nobuko Shibayama
Maria Goretti Mieites Alonso
Kristine Kamiya
Monika Bincsik
Marco Leona
127
The True Colors of Meiji Prints: Science Tells a Different Story
Henry D. Smith II
153
Vanished Grandeur of the Kitaev Collection
Evgeny Steiner
157
One Hundred Dystopian Views of Japan: Urban Poverty in the Graphic Narratives of Tsuge Tadao
Stephen Salel
Tribute
179
Halsey Miller North (1947–2022): Advocate of Arts, Cuisine, Conversation & Clay
Louise Allison Cort & Alice North
192
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