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NAKED WANDERING PAINTER, KIYOSHI YAMASHITA

  In 1937 Children's shred drawing exhibition of Yawata 
Gakuen, institution for mentally disabld have held at Waseda
University and have become hot topics.
  Especialy works of Kiyoshi Yamashita were remarkable in 
terms of quality and volume. In the exhibition at Seijusha 
Publishing Co., Ltd., Ginza ward, attracted the attention 
of many painters and obtained good reputation as unique 
painter.
  Without seeing the original picture it can be hardly 
imagin how elaborate two or three mili colored paper were 
stuk and created vivid and delicate touch.
  Some praised his works as Gogh's painting style in his 
Paris age. Following year, however, he had left the 
institution and started on wanderings. It may be true the 
fear of a physical examination for conscription motivated 
him to wander but he was rather born to be a wanderer.
  Since then he repeatedly wandered around for several 
months or years and returned the institution unexpectedly. 
The distance reached to the extent traveling almost whole 
Japan. 
  He expressed what he had seen and learned during his 
journies in the form of shred drawing and wrote down his 
experience on wandering. 
  the movie Hadaka no Taisho Hourouki(Story of Naked BigShot
) describes his world in those days.
  Talking of his planted journy, there was only once when he
went to Europe accompanied by his teacher Ryuzaburo Sikiba. 
He truly encountered Gogh's world through this trip.

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