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This exhibit has already taken place, but the artist is looking for exhibitors in the US.  It’s a scroll painted over a period of about 14 years by a Japanese artist Rakushi Hojo, and depicts the Japanese American history of Hawaii and the mainland.

Interested in Japanese-American heritage? See the amazing scrolls in Yokohama on June 5.
日系移民歴史にご興味? 横浜文化体育会館にて６月５日(金)一日のみの展示会が開催されます。お一人の夢はカタチにする１４年間かかった作品です。是非、お立ち寄りください

The World’s Longest Picture Scroll depicting Japanese American History on Exhibit in Yokohama, Japan – Free-Press-Release.com

United States of America (Press Release) May 5, 2009 — Japanese artist seeks exhibitors in the U.S. to exhibit the world’s longest picture scroll , which will be on exhibit for the first time to the public on June 5, 2009, at Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan as a part of 150th Anniversary of the Port of Yokohama.

The scroll, painted on specialized local “Washi (Japanese)” papers, is 34-volume, 620-meter long with 1069 frames containing 120,000 people, with scenes spanning from the 13th Century to present.

For contact information please see link.

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