heARTing the War Brides of Japan docu*MEMORY

konnichi-wa, heARTists and heART lovers of the world!

heARTist Yuri with her ichi-ban supporter

it’s the 8th day of the 12th month, and time to show all heARTists some love. arrigatou gozaimashita for your past support!

we apologize but, due to our busy schedule, we’re moving to a quarterly posting. with all the activities going on with our War Brides of Japan docu*MEMORY, our time is so limited.

in 2019, please look for this blog’s updates on March 8, June 8, September 8 and December 8.

meanwhile, we’d like to share some of Yuriko’s pieces that depict geisha. 

an important part of Japanese history, geisha continue to maintain important aspects of Japanese culture. as entertainers, they’re responsible for keeping alive the playing of instruments like koto and shamisen, and certain traditional songs and dances. in the War Brides of Japan docu*MEMORY film, one of our participants shares information about geisha and the story of her own mother as an entertainer in Little Tokyo, Japantown, Los Angeles.

Yuri made this geisha from scrap material

here's Yuri's version of hagoita, used for New Year's

here are a couple of promo trailers we’ve recently created for the film:

no matter how many times you knock him down, daruma always bounces back:

daruma

sweet kokeshi nods her head in agreement:

kokeshi

below are the usual links to everything you want to know about the film:

please stay updated about at our website at www.warbridesofjapan.com

war brides of Japan videos:

vimeo the chase

youtube the chase

youtube 88.1 Fresno interview
vimeo behind-the-scenes trailer
youtube behind-the-scenes trailer
vimeo pre-production trailer
youtube pre-production trailer
youtube v.2
youtube v.1

war brides of Japan websites:
warbridesofjapan.com
weebly
jimdo

war brides of Japan news:
stubborn hearts
multiracial media
DIFT interview
NBC
international examiner
international examiner 2
discover nikkei

war brides of Japan facebook:
fan page

throwing rice productions facebook:
fan page

war brides of Japan linkedIn:
how they learned to forgive and love the enemy
making love, not war
those bad ass brides!

war brides of Japan twitter:
watermelonsushi

war brides of Japan G+:
google plus

war brides of Japan blogs:
on the road
tumblR

a war bride's artwork:
iamartistyuriko
heartworkbyyuri

happy holidays to all our readers! until we meet again on March 8, akemashite omedettou gozaimasu!

Yuri’s Fans Forever

the fabric of heARTwork

konnichi-wa, heARTists and heART lovers everywhere!

it’s the 8^th day of the 7^th month, and time to view more heARTwork by Yuri.

as an accomplished seamstress and tailor, Yuriko loved working with fabric. all of the pieces displayed here are created with some kind of cloth. it's pretty amazing (sugoi!) when you realize she made them all by hand. take a look:

homegrown bamboo & yarn dusters

bean bags made of scrap material

cloth box, outside

cloth box, inside

fleece football helmut, outer

fleece football helmut, inner

geisha in satin, front

geisha from behind

heART pincushion in red satin

heART pincushions in blue polyester

cotton sewing kit with denim scissors pouch

happy puppet in cloth, paper & yarn

happy puppet flipped to its mad side

some of Yuri's raw materials

when you return next month, we’ll have more fabulous heARTwork by Yuri.

meanwhile, please check out Yuriko’s heARTwork in oils at this website:

http://lenastarwheels.wix.com/iamartistyuriko

thank you for noting that all images are copyright protected.

we’d also appreciate you taking time to "like" our Facebook ‘War Brides of Japan’ page featuring Yuriko:

https://www.facebook.com/WarBridesOfJapan

ja!

Yuri's Fans Forever