Akio Takamori's doctor says the chemo isn't working and the cancer is untreatable. The last time we spoke, the Seattle artist was feverishly making work about what it means to apologize while also ...

Akio Takamori died of cancer on Wednesday night. As Jen Graves mentioned in a recent profile, in November Takamori's doctor told him that the chemo wasn't working and that his cancer was untreatable.

Akio Takamori, who taught at UW for 21 years, had a career that spanned traditional industrial pottery, ceramic slab vessels and larger-than-life, sometimes cartoonish figures — including those ...

Akio Takamori is a man comfortable in his own skin. At his Magnolia studio, he slouches in a straight chair, one arm slung back, legs casually crossed. Clothed in worn black jeans and a thin brown ...

For those Japanese like Akio Takamori, born just after World War II, American military presence loomed large on the visual horizon. Different Worlds Intersect as They Set Sail Together in Takamori ...

El Debate Seikanro; Saigō Takamori es el del centro/Imagen: dominio público en Wikimedia Commons Other samurai from Satsuma became part of the government while Saigō Takamori took over as a sangi ...

A leader of Japan’s 19th-century drive to modernize, and at the same time a defender of its ancient samurai values, Saigo Takamori's dramatic last stand embodied his nation’s identity crisis.