4 Quotes & Sayings By Sadamu Yamashita

Sadamu Yamashita (1913–2001) was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, he became an outstanding painter. He was also a member of the Modern Art Society and became well known for his oil paintings during the 1930s. He enjoyed painting military scenes and often painted scenes of battle during World War II Read more

After the war ended, Yamashita continued his artistic endeavors, becoming one of Japan's most renowned painters. He is recognized as the first Japanese artist to paint scenes of Hiroshima after the atomic bombings in 1945. When he was eighty years old, he painted his official apology for Hiroshima after President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993.

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In my restless dreams, I see that town. Silent Hill. Sadamu Yamashita
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But sometimes i have to ask myself this question. its true that to us his imaginings are nothing but the inventions of a busy mind. But to him, there simply is no other reality. Further more, he is happy there, so why, I ask myself, why in the name of healing him must we drag him painfully into the world of our own reality?'- Doctor's Memo Sadamu Yamashita
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He who fears being watched from the abysswill be unable to look into it himself. The truth can only be obtained by pressing forward. Sadamu Yamashita