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A surreal painting by Taeko Tomiyama featuring masked and costumed figures in an underwater-like setting. Human, animal, and mythical characters emerge from a dark, marine background with coral, fish, and a large nautilus.
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Jeff Liang
Tomiyama Taeko, "Theater Beneath the Sea, 'Splendid Banquet for the Empire,'" detail, 2008, oil on canvas, gift of Sakata Natsume in memory of her mother Tomiyama Taeko, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara.

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