Kishi
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A red, trompe-l’oeil wrapping cloth by the young artist Yu Tanaka sits across from a piece by Eiko Kishi whose knobbly, blue and white finish and abstract triangular planes evoke a Star Wars spaceship.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
The Unification Church obtained legal status as a religious organization in Japan in 1968 amid an anti-communist movement supported by Abe’s grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
Former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, Abe’s grandfather, helped the church take root in Japan in the 1960s over shared interests in conservative and anti-communist causes.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
Reuters contacted 15 leading Japanese defence manufacturers, whose CEOs the defence ministry invited to talks with then- defence minister Nobuo Kishi in April, and in January with his successor, Yasukazu Hamada.
From Reuters ● Mar. 15, 2023
Of more dubious antecedents is another patron of the children of Japan, Kishi Mojin, the mother of the child-demons.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
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