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had made earning a living through photography and painting too difficult for him. He also said that portrait photography in St. Louis had "become more commercialized, more a matter of high-pressure salesmanship." He said that portrait photography should have more dignity attached to it" and that such
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clinic. They were wed in the home of Paul F. Berdanier, a former St. Louis artist. In 1938, the
Kajiwaras went to Japan and stayed a year. In his obituaries, his wife was identified as Makota or Makoto Kajiwara. He was also survived by two brothers who lived in Japan. Fern Searls was born on July 30,
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were friends. According to one account, their amity was "warm enough to cause them to cut wrists and mingle blood in a gesture of unity." Kajiwara did photographic work for
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of 1904. He opened his own studio shortly thereafter and moved it to the
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863:Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer
767:"Kajiwara Marries Miss Fern Searls",
526:"Takuma Kajiwara, Artist, Dies at 83"
293:titled "It All Happened in Six Days."
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1159:American artists of Japanese descent
1149:People by city in Fukuoka Prefecture
1050:"St. Louis Jap on School Question",
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1102:"Takuma Kajiwara - Biography"
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23:Takuma Kajiwara (seated) and
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1089:"Who was Takuma Kajiwara?"
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818:Williams, Paul O. (1986).
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411:Elizabeth Avery Meriwether
246:National Academy Galleries
1074:Kamera-mei no gogen sanpo
807:New York City Death Index
459:Frederick Oakes Sylvester
399:Fannie E. McKinney Hughey
287:Allied Artists of America
283:Kansas City Art Institute
264:Detroit Institute of Arts
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269:His prizes included the
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271:St. Louis Artists Guild
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135:Kajiwara and artist
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168:Seattle, Washington
151:cerebral hemorrhage
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467:, attorney
455:, sculptor
419:, educator
407:, educator
347:, lecturer
310:Washington
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314:St. Louis
226:Manhattan
162:St. Louis
112:He was a
103:cue stick
95:billiards
77:St. Louis
56:Biography
449:, artist
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