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| | Graphis: Toshiyuki Kita |
 | | An exhibition of Inca culture said to him, "Here, if nothing is done, lies Japan-extinct and in museums." Kita is doing as much as he possibly can, but he still thinks Japan is "extinguishing" itself, because ever since the end of the War, her people have striven to become Western. |
 | | To help create a new Japanese aesthetic, over the past three decades Kita has visited craftspeople in the tiny isolated villages of Japan, designed pieces for them to produce that are viable in an international market, and learned a foreign language and culture in order to sell them. |
 | | Kita has had great success overseas in Italy, where he has worked since 1975, first selling luminaries and tableware, and then producing and selling furniture. |
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