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Newly found letter by artist Yumeji Takehisa displayed

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A letter written by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) to Shigeru Kuzuhara, an editor, is displayed at a museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014. The letter is one of Takehisa's 20 writings newly discovered by Kuzuhara's grandson Makoto at his family home in Tokyo in June.

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Artist Yumeji Takehisa's writings newly found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, displays 20 newly discovered writings, including letters and postcards, by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) on Dec. 6, 2014.

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Artist Yumeji Takehisa's writings newly found

HIROSHIM, Japan - Makoto Kuzuhara (R) sets out 20 newly found writings by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), including letters and postcards, at a museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014. Kuzuhara, whose grandfather Shigeru was close to Takehisa as an editor, discovered the writings at his family home in Tokyo in June.

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Painter/poet Takeshita's unknown paintings found

TOKYO, Japan - A curator introduces two recently found paintings of renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takeshita (1884-1934) at the Takeshita Yumeji Museum in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2014. Takeshita reportedly gave the paintings to a Japanese expatriate in Germany during a trip to Europe from 1932 to 1933.

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto on July 14, 2011. The paintings will be on display at the museum during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011.

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken on July 14, 2011, shows three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa. The never publicly shown paintings will go on display at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011.

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Granddaughter of painter Yumeji Takehisa active as artist

BOGOTA, Colombia - Nobu Takehisa at her atelier near Bogota.

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Pioneer feminist Mochizuki dies at 100

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in July 1992, shows pioneer feminist Yuriko Mochizuki, who died June 9 of age-related illness in Tokyo. She was 100. Mochizuki, whose real name was Yuri Furukawa, began a literary magazine in 1928 with other feminists to give female writers an opportunity to publish their work. She was photographed before hanging scrolls by Japanese painter Yumeji Takehisa at the Takehisa museum in Tokyo, for which she acted as a model.

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Yumeji painting unveiled at museum in western Japan

Visitors view a painting of a naked white woman, a work by Japanese painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), known for his "Bijin-ga" -- pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art -- at the Yumeji Art Museum in the western Japanese city of Okayama on July 5, 2016, the first day of its exhibition. The painting, which was completed about 85 years earlier in the United States and has been kept individually, is the only work Yumeji painted of a naked Western woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yumeji painting unveiled at museum in western Japan

Mitsunobu Kojima (L), head of the Yumeji Art Museum, and photographer Alan Miyatake shake hands in front of a painting of a naked white woman, a work by Japanese painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), at the museum in the western Japanese city of Okayama on July 5, 2016, the first day of its exhibition. The painting by Yumeji, known for his "Bijin-ga" -- pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art -- was completed about 85 years earlier in the United States and kept individually. It is the only work he painted of a naked Western woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken on July 14, 2011, shows three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa. The never publicly shown paintings will go on display at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto on July 14, 2011. The paintings will be on display at the museum during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Artist Yumeji Takehisa's writings newly found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, displays 20 newly discovered writings, including letters and postcards, by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) on Dec. 6, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Kimono-clad woman in Takehisa's 'Yoimachigusa'

TOKYO, Japan - A kimono-clad woman in Japanese poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa's (1884-1934) painting "Yoimachigusa" found in Hawaii in 1931 is pictured in this undated photo. The Takehisa Yumeji Museum in Tokyo announced the discovery of the painting on April 3, 2014. The painting is in the possession of the Hawaii Japanese Center. (Kyodo)

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Actress Yumeji Tsukioka dies at 95

Japanese actress Yumeji Tsukioka poses in this file photo taken in August 1967. The former top actress in the Takarazuka all-female musical troupe died of pneumonia at the age of 95 at a Tokyo hospital on May 3, 2017, her office said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actress Yumeji Tsukioka dies at 95

Photo taken in 1983 shows Japanese actress Yumeji Tsukioka. The former top actress in the Takarazuka all-female musical troupe died of pneumonia at the age of 95 at a Tokyo hospital on May 3, 2017, her office said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pioneer feminist Mochizuki dies at 100

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in July 1992, shows pioneer feminist Yuriko Mochizuki, who died June 9 of age-related illness in Tokyo. She was 100. Mochizuki, whose real name was Yuri Furukawa, began a literary magazine in 1928 with other feminists to give female writers an opportunity to publish their work. She was photographed before hanging scrolls by Japanese painter Yumeji Takehisa at the Takehisa museum in Tokyo, for which she acted as a model.