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Various writings in English by artist Samizu Matsuki. (Please refresh your browser occasionally)

On Painting

My Approaches to Painting. (8 page pdf Transcribed from handwritten 2011.)

On the painting of Triumphal Return
Samizu describes the reasons & techniques used in creating her award winning painting Triumphal Return

Autobiographical Writings

The Lights upon the Sea.
Life as eldest child of war resisters in northern Japan near the end of World War 2. (12 pages) *** original handwritten version

When the atom bomb dropped. My life at the end of World War 2. (10 pages)

A brief memoir 1943-1980.
From childhood in wartime Japan in the early 1940s to her departure from New York City for Japan in 1980. (15 pages)

Intrigue at the United Nations. A memoir of the Beautiful People of the early 1970s NYC art and diplomatic scenes.(17 pages)** Text version

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The Robber Baron of Karma-Zoo Island ** Handwritten 18 pages