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Carnegie Institute
Department of Fine Arts
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

April 2, 1952

Gordon Bailey Washburn 
Director

Mr. Usaburo Ihara
Chairman, Japanese Artists Association
Naruse Building 
1 Gofukubashi 3-Chome
Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku
Tokyo, JAPAN

Dear Mr. Ihara:

Your letter of February 5 arrived here just as Mr. Washburn was preparing to leave for Europe in the interests of the International, and while he studied it thoroughly he had time to dictate only an outline of his reply, asking to complete it for him. I am sorry for the delay, but we have had many complications in our office these past months.

After going over the lists again, Mr. Washburn decided to include the following sixteen paintings:

Abe, Nobuya ADAM AND EVE
Ihara, Usaburō YURIKO AND MIMI
Inokuma, Gen-ichorō CAT AND FLOWERS
Kazuki, Yasuo MORNING
Kojima, Zenzaburō SMALL FLOWERS
Migishi, Setsuko GOLD FISH
Miyamoto, Saburō STILL LIFE
Murai, Masanari MOTHER AND CHILD (B)
Okamoto, Tarō NAUGHTY BOYS
Sakamoto, Hanjirō PERSIMMONS
Satō, Kei CHESTNUTS AND ROUND WEED
Suda, Kunitarō DOG
Tamura, Kazuo SNOWY DAY
Wakita, Kazu CHILD IN A BATHTUBE
Yasui, Sētarō PORTRAIT OF YOKOYAMA_TAIKAN
Yoshihara, Jirō SUNDAY

The names are written above as they were on the backs of the photographs.

I am enclosing an entry form for each painting, plus three extras in case any are spoiled. You will also find the necessary number of stickers with a few extras. We were pleased at your willingness to contact the artists for us. Will you be good enough to see that each entry form is signed in both places? The second signature permits keeping the pictures for the second showing at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. The Trustees of Carnegie Institute and Mr. Washburn hope there will be complete agreement about this, since they do not want to send the exhibition to San Francisco unless it can go in its complete state.

Transcription Notes:
Here's a funny one: *PERMISSIONS instead of PERSIMMONS I put in the macrons