Left: Chihiro Iwasaki, The Girl Gazing Ahead, from Watashi ga Chiisakatta Toki ni (When I Was a Child), Iwasaki Shoten, 1967 Right: Wen Hsu (Costa Rica), from Nadi & Xiao Lan, 2001

Left: Chihiro Iwasaki, The Girl Gazing Ahead, from Watashi ga Chiisakatta Toki ni (When I Was a Child), Iwasaki Shoten, 1967 Right: Wen Hsu (Costa Rica), from Nadi & Xiao Lan, 2001

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Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II
Chihiro Iwasaki and Picture Book Artists from Around the World
Creating Peace Through Picture Books

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II. Picture book artists who have experienced war expressed their earnest desire in their work that it never be repeated. This wish was passed down to the artists of the generation that followed, and then to later generations, sowing seeds of peace in the hearts of young readers. In this exhibition we will introduce picture books conveying this wish for peace, created by Chihiro and other picture book artists from around the world.