東方之光
TOHO-NO-HIKARI

Founder's WEB Photo Studio

Founder's WEB Photo Studio

  • Inspecting the progress of the building site of presently called Kyusei Kaikan (Hall of Worship in Atami)
  • Okada, who acts as a guide himself
  • Okada, inspecting the site of Heiankyo Prototype (April 12, 1953)
  • At Kozanji Temple in Kyoto (April 11, 1953)
  • Okada, looking up the five-storied pagoda of Muro’oji Temple
  • Writing calligraphy with a superhuman speed with the help of those who served Meishu-sama closely. (May 1949, Shimizu-cho Betsu-in, Atami City)
  • Okada, corrects his manuscript at Ojindo in Tokyo Hanzomon
  • On the right is Musei Tokugawa (broadcast entertainer) (March 21, 1951) He and Okada had a conversation in the weekly Asahi magazine.
  • Giving a passionate lecture on the world of true civilization (Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo, May 22, 1951)
  • Hand to heal the suffering of the world
  • Lecture during his last visit to Kansai area (Nara; April 12, 1954)
  • Member’s meeting with Meishu-sama at Sakimicho Temporary Headquarters in Atami (March 1951)
  • Okada in front of the old Meshiya Kaikan (April 3, 1954)
  • On the far left is Ms. Madeleine David (Deputy Director of the Paris Cernuschi Museum) (August 22, 1952)
  • The third person from the right is writer, Seiichi Funahashi (Recipient of the Order of Cultural Merit) . The second person from the right is Ichizo Kobayashi (former president of Hankyu Railway) (around 1952)
  • Okada admired good artists and intellectuals and valued interaction with them. Center is Gyoin Hashimoto (Yakushiji Temple) and on the left is Soshu Sen (Mushakoji-senke tea school’s 9th Iemoto tea master) (August 24, 1952)
  • The third person from the left is Isoya Yoshida, an architect (Recipient of the Order of Cultural Merit), and to his right is Kosaburo Yoshizumi (the fourth generation master of the Yoshizumi Nagauta family, Living National Treasure) (around 1952).
  • French magazine Paris Match’s chief editor, Raymond Cartier and his wife (June 22, 1952)
  • On the left is a philosopher, Tetsuzo Tanikawa (former president of Hosei University) (April 26, 1953)
  • The third person from the right is a writer, Jun Takami (April 21, 1953)
  • Listening to the construction report near the Inazuma-kaidan (lightning steps)
  • Meeting with the members at Nikko-den (August 1949)
  • Okada, reads art books (Sangetsu-an tea house in Shinsenkyo)
  • Okada, teaches intimately at his meeting with the members (around 1948)
  • Administering Jôrei (Hozanso in Hakone, around 1939)
  • At the corn lot within the Hozanso garden
  • Shortly after moving to Gyokusen-kyo in Tokyo (1935)
  • Lecture at the Hibiya Public Hall (April 22, 1952)
  • Okada’s hat, kimono, obi and tabi socks
  • Obidome (sash band) designed by Okada
  • Kōgai hairpin designed by Okada
  • Ornamental hairpin designed by Okada
  • Guest book at the time of the grand opening of Hakone Museum of Art. The invitation card and the business card introduces Okada as the director of the Hakone Museum of Art.
  • Manuscripts with Okada’s direct correction in red ink
  • Uchiwa(fan) and zabuton cushion used at Okada’s meeting with the members
  • Tobacco set for Okada

* Reprinted from the photo book, "Mokichi Okada-The Life of Light" (Sekai Kyusei Kyo)

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