By KAZUMICHI KUBOTA/ Staff Writer
August 27, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Hiroko Kikuchi’s former pupils and others pose for a photo on June 13 at the Machikado Bijutsukan gallery in Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture, the venue of a special exhibition commemorating her achievement. (Kazumichi Kubota)
DAIGO, Ibaraki Prefecture--In April 1941 and fresh out of teacher’s training college, Hiroko Kikuchi was assigned to the Kurosawa National Elementary School in a mountainous area here. [Read More]
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