From left, Hayashiya Seizō, Hasebe Gakuji, Koyama Fujio, Mayuyama Junkichi. 1970. The following is part of the eulogy read by Hasebe Gakuji at the funeral of Mayuyama Junkichi. "Mr. Mayuyama, as we think ba
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Mayuyama Junkichi heard about Japan’s surrender while in Suzhou. His battalion was moved to Shanghai in January 1946. While previously he had only ridden in supply trucks, that time Junkichi was seated in the assistant
Mayuyama Ayako On August 15, 1945, Mayuyama Junkichi was in Suzhou when he heard the war had ended. Called up in April 1943, he joined the Imperial Japanese Army in Tsudanuma, and by the end of April he had trav
Mayuyama Ayako In early 2021 I began preparing for the Buddhist memorial services to be held for that year’s 23rd anniversary of the death of Mayuyama Junkichi. I needed photos of Mayuyama Junkichi, and so I turned
Mayuyama Junkichi visited Mexico in February, 1962. This was during his second overseas observation trip which spanned nine months, from September, 1961 to June, 1962. He flew via Dallas to Mexico City. February 12th
For Mother’s Day this year, I am posting a text on Mayuyama Junkichi’s mother. Mayuyama Miyo (1892-1955) was 22 when she gave birth to Junkichi. When she was 44, her husband Mayuyama Matsutarō died, and from then on
In March, 1970 (Showa 45), work was completed on the newly rebuilt Imperial Hotel in Tokyo’s Uchisaiwaichō district and the hotel opened for business. Mayuyama Junkichi opened a Japanese antique art shop in the hotel’s o
Mayuyama residence 2nd floor gallery in 1960 The showcase and pedrstal in the photo are still in use today. Mayuyama Junkichi standing at the store side entrance of the house he built in Kyobashi, 1960 1
Junkichi's father, Matsutaro Mayuyama, was born in 1882 in Yatsuo, Toyama Japan. Here is what Junkichi wrote about his father. “In my younger days, I learned from a Buddhist sutra that there is a word ‘shion 四恩’, whi
The year 2023 will mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Wright Building, the second main building of the Imperial Hotel in Uchisaiwaicho Tokyo. Mayuyama Junkichi’s writings include the following remarks abo
An interaction between Junkichi Mayuyama and the author Yasunari Kawabata, as recorded in The Joys of an Art Dealer. The following is an extract from a book that provides a glimpse of Junkichi Mayuyama’s thoughts and lif