Gold, Silver, Sumi and Mineral Pigments on Kumohada
70.8H x 70.8W in

Futako Tamagawaen was Fujimura's M.F.A. thesis painting that won the purchase prize at Tokyo University of Art in 1989.
Fujimura's autobiographical book River Grace traces his spiritual and artistic journey.

Collection of Tokyo University of Art Museum

Mineral Pigments and Gold on Kumohada
70.8H x 70.8 W in

Mineral Pigments on Kumohada
35.4H x 98.4W in (5 panels)

Aijo (Compassionate Love) was exhibited in Fujimura's first solo exhibit in Tokyo at Tamaya Gallery. As a National Scholar at Tokyo University of Art, he began to incorporate American expression with Japanese tradition of Kacho-ga (Birds and Flowers paintings). This work, along with other major works of the time, were purchased by Sanbi-Shosho Collection, and later donated to museums.
Fujimura writes in River Grace, an autographical essay of faith and art:
Painted in 1987, Aijo was based on a Japanese folk tale of the world's first couple. In this tale, their "Adam and Eve" were born attached at their backs. They were always together, but they could not see each other's faces.

Collection of Tokyo Contemporary Museum of Art

Mineral Pigments, Gold on Kumohada

Collection of Yamaguchi Prefecture Museum of Art

Mineral Pigments, Platinum and Gold on Kumohada
69.6H x 60.2W in (diptych)

Twelfth Night was commissioned for a museum tour Nihonga exhibit in Japan (To-ki-Michi, A Survey of Contemporary Nihonga, Ueno Royal Museum, Hakodate Museum, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum, and twelve other museums throughout Japan.) Fujimura overlapped a Shakesperian title with 12th, a day after 9/11. This is an elegy in the form of weeping cherry, Japanese symbol ephemeral beauty, and now my personal symbol of enduring hope during dark times.

Mineral Pigments, Platinum and Gold on Kumohada

Collection of Sato Museum

Mineral Pigments on Kumohada