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		<title>The &#8220;Frolicking of Animals&#8221;: first manga?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The direct translation of comics in Japanese is manga. The word manga was created during the late Edo period (beginning of 19th century) to describe a series of drawings by the famous Ukiyoe artist Hokusai. Two Chinese characters form the word manga which means drawings without an end. Today, the word manga is no longer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Great Rinpa Exhibition&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To commemorate 350 years of the birth of Ogata Korin, Tokyo National Museum mounted the &#8220;Great Rinpa Exhibition&#8221; this autumn. It was a fabulous exhibition as one got to know what Rinpa is all&#160;about.
Rinpa in Japanese means a school of Kourin (Ogata Kourin who lived during the Edo Period from 1658 -1716). However Kourin did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To be Grateful</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently met a young Japanese woman who lost her job and she had to leave New York. She told me she decided to move to Los Angeles, but was feeling a little sad to part with the city that she really loved, having lived in New York for seven&#160;years.
She told me of her misfortune [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serendipity: Small World, Big Surprises</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[buddhist]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was invited by my friend Faith to join a dinner in a cozy Italian Restaurant at the upper west side.Â  Faith told me there will be a party of five or six people&#160;altogether.
I sat next to a Chinese couple Sven and Ay-Whang who have been living in New York for a long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parks in New York</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is true NY is famous for its skyscrapers and you don&#8217;t imagine there is a lot of green except for the Central Park right in middle of the city which makes life in New York bearable. To me, Central Park is a huge park compared to the ones in Tokyo; one almost forgets that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billy Graham in New York Times</title>
		<link>http://artmiya.com/musings/billy-graham-in-new-york-times</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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When I opened the New York Times this morning I saw a name which brought back old memories, Billy&#160;Graham.
I was fifteen when my friend took me to the Madison Square Garden to hear Billy Graham speak. I was very young then and had no idea who Billy Graham&#160;was.
My English at that time was far from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Stroll Garden, Hammond Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People in New York are not aware of what is known as Japanese Stroll Garden or Hammond Museum which is only an hour on the Harlem line from the Grand Central Station. It is a museum on the border of New York State in Westchester County, North Salem to be exact. It is breath taking; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts from Connecticut</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America is considered a young country compared to other countries of the world. It&#8217;s history dates back to less than 300 years. When you compare American history to that of Japan, it is indeed a young country as our history dates back to about 1,500&#160;years.
However, sometimes I almost feel as though the Americans live in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from IAAF 2008, NYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year the International  Asian Art Fair started on March 14 at a new venue on the corner  of 63rd Street on Park&#160;Avenue.
Although the organizers had created  three floors on a beautiful building that is used as a church (a Christian  Science Reading Room), the number of exhibitors were less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New York Subway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot get over how clean the subways are in Japan compared to the ones in New York. Also the seats are comfortable with cushions while the ones in New York are hard and cold as though they are made of metal. Also when the trains are not crowded then it is cold? ]]></description>
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		<title>Upon returning to Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://artmiya.com/musings/upon-returning-to-tokyo</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[narita]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems strange to say this but the familiar  scenery of Tokyo looked different after being away from Tokyo for two month. Taking the limousine bus from the Narita Airport to Tokyo, the scenery looked different than when I left beginning of November. Of course at that time some trees were turning yellow and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contemporary Art, Modern Prices</title>
		<link>http://artmiya.com/musings/contemporary-art-contemporary-prices</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prices of contemporary art works have been staggering. The big sales of Contemporary Art at Christies in London and Sotheby&#8217;s in New York last November made record prices including Jeff Koons&#8217; &#8220;Hanging Heart&#8221; which was sold for $23.6million, an auction record for a living&#160;artist.
The November auction of Contemporary Art was a striking contrast from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://artmiya.com/musings/a-happy-new-year</link>
		<comments>http://artmiya.com/musings/a-happy-new-year#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In New York, people start saying Happy New Year before the new year.Â  The holiday season here doesn&#8217;t end after Christmas but people stretch their holiday right up to the New Year. So I noticed that people started saying Happy New Year right after&#160;Christmas.
Yes after Christmas the New Year is around the corner, less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Singular Smells of NY</title>
		<link>http://artmiya.com/musings/smells-of-new-york</link>
		<comments>http://artmiya.com/musings/smells-of-new-york#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many ways, NY has not changed. For instance I left NY in the late 50th and had not been back till early&#160;80th.
When my plane from Japan landed at JFK the first thing which struck me was the smell. It might be funny to say that the city has a smell but when I got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deciphering &#8220;Excuse Me&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachiko Tsuchiya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Excuse me&#8221; means get out of my&#160;way.
I have often found myself in a position when I was going up the stairs on a subway or standing in front of a shelf of a supermarket trying to find the right merchandise that somebody would come from behind and say to me &#8220;Excuse me&#8221; in a very [...]]]></description>
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