Paintings on show to mark 20th anniv. of Teigin inmate's death

Paintings on show to mark 20th anniv. of Teigin inmate's death

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Sadamichi Hirasawa, who was sentenced to death over a 1948 mass-poisoning case known as the ''Teigin Incident,'' on display at a Tokyo art gallery on May 16 to mark the 20th anniversary of his death in prison. The exhibition shows about 50 works by the award-winning painter, who died in May 1987 at age 95 after he was first sentenced to death in 1950. (Kyodo)

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