Tsujii

Tsujii learns music not through Braille (which is available), but by listening to custom-made recordings of the notes for each hand, played slowly, by his teacher.

In performance: Nobuyuki Tsujii 2010

In a challenging but narrow program of Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Mussorgsky, Tsujii displayed a control of the keyboard that would be impressive from any pianist; that he did so entirely by muscle memory boggles the mind.

In performance: Nobuyuki Tsujii 2010

Explosive publicity has surrounded the phenomenon of Tsujii, whose concert requests worldwide are piling up faster than he can honor them.

In performance: Nobuyuki Tsujii 2010

Tsujii was virtually note-perfect all afternoon; his finger independence in Mussorgsky's "Ballet of Chicks in Their Shells" and "Limoges" was extraordinary, and his firm control of great washes of keyboard sound in Liszt's "Un Sospiro" was impressive.

In performance: Nobuyuki Tsujii 2010

During their time in Tokyo they visited Nakamise Shopping Street, which leads into the famous Asakusa Temple; went to Ueno Park, a mecca of museums including Tokyo National Museum (which Jack London also visited); and, of course, celebrated Eiji Tsujii presenting "their" book to Russ in the presence of Osamu Abe, President of the Hon-No-Tomosha Publishing Company.

Two Into One: The Lives of Russ and Winnie Kingman 2003

At the end of the year Eiji Tsujii and his wife Sachiko had an intimate dinner with the Kingmans in their home, after which there was a long discussion of Jack London's rising popularity in Japan.

Two Into One: The Lives of Russ and Winnie Kingman 2003

Eiji Tsujii, hearing that Russ was in the hospital again, flew in from Japan to visit and was with Winnie at the hospital in Santa Rosa when Russ passed away on December 21, 1993.

Two Into One: The Lives of Russ and Winnie Kingman 2003

After they unpacked, they were greeted by Eiji Tsujii, who came to the room to greet his adopted "Mom" and "Dad" with typical Japanese honor and respect.

Two Into One: The Lives of Russ and Winnie Kingman 2003

Eiji Tsujii, also unable to attend, wrote this final letter to his "Dad":

Two Into One: The Lives of Russ and Winnie Kingman 2003

Eiji Tsujii labored intensively to render a faithful translation of A Pictorial into Japanese.

Two Into One: The Lives of Russ and Winnie Kingman 2003