4. ARAI Shin-ichi (Japan)
"Happy Japan!"
Old brick factory at Pengshan,12 Aug. 2001
duration; 30min
material;
uniform of the Japan Overseas Cooperate Volunteers, comicbook "What
is patriotic war?" by KOBAYASHI Yoshinori, Pica-chuu bought in China,1.5
x 2 m canvas, Liquitex(fresh red),
text;
"Kimi-ga-yo (Long live the Emperor)" =National anthem of Japan
"This is the uniform of Japan Overseas Cooperate Volunteers something
like the American Peace Corp.As a Volunteer I lived Zanzibar, Tanzania from
1992 to 1994 and I taught wood block printing to Zanzibar young artists
at the art school of Nyumba ya Sanaa, Zanzibar.
Before I went to Tanzania ,All members of Japan Overseas Cooperate Volunteers
had to meet the Emperor who is the president of the organization.
In Tanzania I had a lot of girl friend who loved my money."
"The title of this comicbook is "What is a patriotic war?"
The comicbook's author says that Japan must have more military power. that
we Japanese must have a patriot spirit. that there was no Nanking genocide
by the Japanese Emperor army. that there were no Korean or east asian women
sex slaves in the Japanese Emperor army. that they were only commercial
prostitutes.
More than half a million people bought this book and almost all of them
are under 30."