lily of tokyo

Tokyo Lily

happy holidays to all you heARTists and heART lovers all around the world! it’s the 8th day of the 12th month, and time to celebrate more heARTwork by Yuri.

everyone, we have more great news for you! 

in October, we released the first trailer for our upcoming film, ‘Tokyo Lily, a war bride docu*memory’—which is about Yuriko’s life and heART.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qW3S8xr-eQ

and, last month, we started a fundraising campaign to help us complete the film:

https://crowdfundr.com/tokyo-lily

with the money you donate, we’ll be processing film footage for editing. we’ll also hire an illustrator/animator to help fill in the spaces of missing WWII Japan images. and, we’ll employ a historian/researcher so we can accurately portray that time period. we’ll need to license music, too. one song we have our heARTs set on costs a whopping $10,000.

oil painting

we’ve already been hard at work cataloging Yuri’s heARTwork including her oil paintings on canvas—on wood, on silk cloth, and even clamshells; her wood carvings, her cut and folded paper creations and, of course, all her sewing projects including crocheted high heel shoes, quilts, and knitted dolls. 

oil on clam shells

wood carved parrot

paper kasa (umbrellas)

crocheted high heels

quilts

knitted dolls

we hope to have that portion of the film done by the end of this year. and, even though that’s just weeks away, it will be the easier part.

 Yuriko means Lily in Japanese

here’s where some of Yuri’s paintings can be seen now:

https://lenastarwheels.wixsite.com/iamartistyuriko

meanwhile, we’ll be processing mini DVD and super 8mm footage of Yuri throughout the years. some of it dates back to the late 1960’s. far out! groovy!

please join us via your contributions. we would really appreciate your help, and we do list each and every name publicly (unless you prefer that we don’t).

besides social media, we’ll also post your name on our Tokyo Lily website:

https://hapateez.wixsite.com/tokyo-lily

if you’d like to know more about our past war bride film projects, check us out at:

https://watermelonsushi.gumroad.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@warbridesofjapan/videos 

https://www.youtube.com/c/WatermelonSushi/videos 

www.warbridesofjapan.com

here’s to a wonderful holiday season to you and yours! arrigatou.

Yuri's Fans Forever

little pieces of heARTwork

konnichi-wa dearheARTs!

it’s the 8^th day of the 6^th month, and time for more heARTwork by Yuri.

unlike our last month's featured pieces, there’s no particular medium showcased this time around. instead, we’ve selected a small diverse group featuring clamshells, wooden coasters, a ceramic plate, and papier-mâché masks.

aren’t these clamshells sweet? they’ve been sprayed with gold paint and illustrated in brightly-colored oils. we especially enjoy the one with the royal couple on it (upper right).

clamshells with Japanese motifs

these wooden coasters with fauna and flora are hand-painted with oils.

wooden coasters with fauna and flora

this ceramic plate was illustrated with red grapes hand-painted with acrylics.

grapes on a ceramic plate

and, finally, these are Yuri’s handmade papier-mâché masks. if you’re familiar with Japanese culture, you’ll recognize them as they are often featured in Noh plays.

upper class woman

old man

remember, you can check out Yuriko’s heARTwork in oils at this website:

http://lenastarwheels.wix.com/iamartistyuriko

please note that all images are copyright protected.

while you’re on the internet, won't you take a minute to "like" our Facebook ‘War Brides of Japan’ page featuring Yuriko:

https://www.facebook.com/WarBridesOfJapan

ja!

Yuri's Fans Forever