SHOICHI AND COLLEEN SAKURAI HEISEI ERA, 21ST CENTURY Two Japanese wood and rice paper illuminated sculptures entitled ‘The Bag', both of tall form with a cord attached to the top and each raised on a pine wood stand with short legs, both with two signatures in sumi ink and with two red seals, one taller than the other, 79cm x 38cm x 120cm and 54cm x 23cm x 66cm respectively. (2) Exhibited: ‘Re-Birth: The Collective Works of Colleen and Soichi Sakurai’, 20th February-24th April 2009, TUV Rheinland Forum, Yokohama.

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