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[Kirigami artist from Japan, California, June 6, 1967]
[Kirigami artist from Japan, California, June 6, 1967]
[Kirigami artist from Japan, California, June 6, 1967]

[Kirigami artist from Japan, California, June 6, 1967]

Date1967
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.955
Description2 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Kirigami (cut papercraft) artist from Japan demonstrates his art, California, June 6, 1967. Artist wears a dark suit and eyeglasses as he cuts insect shapes from paper. Includes artist looking intently at paper as he cuts it with scissors, and artist smiling as he holds up a butterfly on the tip of his scissors. His works are arranged on white blocks like insect specimens on table.

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