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"Akira
Ifukube" Portrait in graphite by Lorena Bowser
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"Akira
Ifukube" Portrait in watercolor and Japanese matcha green tea
by Lorena Bowser
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AKIRA IFUKUBE'S BIRTH SITE IN KUSHIRO, HOKKAIDO

Akira Ifukube was born on May 31, 1914 in Kushiro Hokkaido. The Ifukube family home was located on a hill called Shussezaka Slope overlooking the harbor. Today the site is known as Nusamai Park. (Photo by the webmaster)
IMAGES OF AKKESHI, HOKKAIDO
From 1935 intil 1941, Akira Ifukube worked as a forestry officer in Akkeshi, Hokkaido. Akkeshi is a densely forested coastal area in eastern Hokkaido. Ifukube's log cabin was located on a small peninsula called "Chimbe." Although his cabin no longer stands, Chimbe can be visited today by tourists. (All photos by the webmaster.)

Akkeshi's
forests seen from Akkeshi Bridge

Entrance to the Chimbe path

Chimbe path
Typical
tree growth on Chimbe Peninsula

Denser tree growth in the forests just to the north of Chimbe Peninsula

Akira
Ifukube's Rachals piano from Hamburg, Germany
(Photo
by the webmaster)


Akira
Ifukube making rare television appearances

Akira Ifukube monument in Otofuke, Hokkaido

Promotional flyer for Ifukube's 88th birthday concert
Promotional flyer for Ifukube's 90th birthday concert

Program cover for Ifukube's 90th birthday concert

Cover for the 2003 edition of Invitation to Music by Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube's signature
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