Tomiyama Taeko's War and Illusion, oil painting, was inspired by the fox in Japanese folklore. "In 1932 the Japanese army occupied Harbin. Then, the 'five nations in cooperation' and the 'royal road to paradise' made sudden appearances in the wasteland stage as the drama of metamorphosis from illusion to reality began."

From: Silenced by History Organizing Committee. Silenced by History: Tomiyama Taeko's Work. Tokyo: GendaiKikakushitsu, 1995; 15.