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(This series of posts will conclude in two more or so… Please bear with me.) As Fukujuro's Alzheimer’s steadily got worse, with him starting to see invisible cats in broad daylight and calling out the name of his childhood dog, I decided to give him a living memorial in the form of a three-persons show of Fukujuro, my brother Yuji, and myself at Kaikai Kiki Gallery. Around that time, my mother, Itsuko, was getting worn down caring for him, so I did this event in part to cheer her up. For the occasion, I compiled all of Fukujuro's works into a book. Our generation, the generation largely known as otaku, have understood Japan's defeat in the Pacific War inevitably through the words and actions of our parents. At the root of the works we create therefore are the enormous sense of failure our parents had experienced and the vague doubts and despair we, their children, have held about the nation of Japan. In that sense, I thought that if someone were to ever research my work in the future, my father's and mother's stories would provide an additional layer for thinking about these times, so I made this book in earnest. Miwa Takahashi @m_.i_w_.a , who edited the book for us, came to Kaikai Kiki, leaving her position as deputy editor of Bijutsu Techo, the only art magazine in Japan. When the book was finished, she told me that she cried for the first time in her life for a completed book, although she didn't know why. I'm glad that I was able to hold this exhibition just before Fukujuro's illness worsened and he started to have lapses in consciousness. And in a way, this was when I said my farewell to my father. translation: @tabi_the_fat