Hokusai Project Brightens Cultural Center and Japanese School
Shuji Nishimura create an ukiyoe mural with fund from JBA grant.
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Artist Shuji Nishimura takes the stage to unveil hisnewly completed mural at the LBJCC Auditorium. On hand are (from left) Takato “Tim” Hayashi of the JBA; LBJCC Board President Jay Shaheen; Japanese Language School Principal Mihoko Tanabe; and Saya Kawai of the JBA. (Photos by TOMOKO NAGAI/Rafu Shimpo)
By TOMOKO NAGAI,
Rafu Staff Writer
LONG BEACH One day at the end of January, despite the stormy weather, an artist silently worked with his paintbrush, all by himself, in the auditorium of Long Beach Japanese Cultural Center (LBJCC). His name is Shuji Nishimura and the day was his 13