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Kochi prefecture is on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands. Nagano prefecture is west of Tokyo on Honshu, the largest of the four islands.

Object Details Author Nagano-ken (Japan) Kayano-shi Bijutsukan JAC Project Notes Catalog of an exhibition held at Kayano-shi Bijutsukan and seven other locations. Date 1987 1993 [between 1987 and 1993 ...