[KS] Fuji Kawashima

[David McCann]

Let there be many recollections and appreciations of Fuji.  It will be a 
comfort to read what others may write on his work in the field of 
history, but I also hope there will be some who know more than I about 
his watercolors and sketches.  I remember at a meeting a few years back, 
he showed me a sketchbook, and there was in his manner a bit of wonder 
at his remarkable talent.  The work was full of life.  I had the sense 
that he had discovered that path rather late, and perhaps was surprised 
by it.  Didn't he make sketches where he had travelled and stayed, and 
give them to his hosts?  Gifted, and giving so joyfully.


David McCann



On 3/6/06 6:43 PM, Robert Provine wrote:

> Dear list:
>
> Bruce Cumings has sent the list-owners the terribly sad news that Fuji 
> Kawashima, the great historian of Korea at Bowling Green State 
> University, has passed away very suddenly.    More information on 
> Professor Kawashima will certainly come out in the near future, but I 
> wanted to inform the Korean studies community quickly about this 
> unexpected and tragic news.
>
> Rob Provine
> Moderator
>