ABE Setsujiro
Born: 1880 – Died: 27 December 1943
Particulars:
Setsujiro was born in Toyama Prefecture in Japan. He was a single man working as a farmer in Kanaky / New Caledonia when the Pacific War broke out. He was taken to Australia and interned at Loveday Internment Camp in South Australia. He was admitted to the Barmera Base Hospital in November 1943, and died at the 34 Camp hospital from dysentery, aged 63. His grave is in the Japanese Cemetery in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
–Mayu Kanamori
More info:
Iori Nosaka (野坂衣織)
Artist/s Statement:
‘Under the Golden Sky’ is the silhouette of the Northern Alps, which Setsujiro would have seen from his hometown in Toyama Prefecture. The leaves surrounding Setsujiro’s face are yam leaves – yams are a specialty of New Caledonia. This piece draws inspiration from an imagined scenario of Setsujiro in faraway New Caledonia, thinking about his distant hometown of Toyama.
Artist Bio:
Iori Nosaka (野坂衣織) was born in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture in Japan. She graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Painting, Tama Art University in 2002. She has created community works, such as her original porcelain panel painting at Sakuraso, a nursing home for the elderly in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture. In addition, Iori has held numerous solo and group exhibitions. She is currently painting mainly with acrylics.