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Yasukichi Murakami: Through a Distant Lens

Kuni Hashimoto as Yasukichi and Arisa Yura as Mayu

Kuni Hashimoto as Yasukichi and Arisa Yura as Mayu

Yasukichi Murakami came to Australia in 1897 and became a photographer in Broome and Darwin, where he lived also as a businessman and inventor. The search for his lost photographs by Mayu Kanamori, a present-day photographer also of Japanese descent, has resulted in a play. Its Sydney production is due to open on 10 February 2015.


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Yasukichi Murakami came to Australia in 1897 and became a photographer in Broome and Darwin, where he lived also as a businessman and inventor. The search for his lost photographs by Mayu Kanamori, a present-day photographer also of Japanese descent, has resulted in a play. Its Sydney production is due to open on 10 February 2015.



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