We asked a few young people from a junior and senior high school in Kyoto to make a drawing to show their image of child. Then we talked to them a bit about their drawing. This research was conducted during August and September, 1998. This research was conducted by Hillel Weintraub in Kyoto, Japan. He was assisted in Japanese translation by Mari Futase on interviews with Maiko, Kazuya and Ayako. Other interviews were conducted in English. We are hoping to add more interviews and images later. Contributions from others are welcome! Note: clicking on the mini-images will take you to a larger picture.

Maiko, 16 year old girl, from Nara, Japan
H: Tell us a little about your drawing. What were you trying to show?
	M: There are a lot of hands! The image is of children putting their hands out to the universe. They have nothing to fight against or be afraid of. Light is shining upon them. Light comes from their endless hope and dreams.
H: Are you a child, Maiko?
	M: Yes, I hope I am. (Interview in Japanese, 9/12/98)

Kazuya, 16 year old boy, from Nara, Japan
H: Tell us a little about your drawing. What were you trying to show?
	K: No one can understand what children are thinking. They're weird.
H: Are you a child, Kazuya?
	K: It depends on how other people look at me.
H: How about how you look at yourself?
	K: I don't know............. (Interview in Japanese, 9/12/98)

Ayako, 15 year old girl, from Kyoto, Japan
H: Tell us a little about your drawing. What were you trying to show?
	A: From now, children have lots of hopes. They're pure!
H: Are you a child, Ayako?
	A: Yes.
H: Am I a child?
	A: (laughing) NO!
H: At what age does someone stop being a child?
	A: 18!
	(Interview in Japanese, 9/12/98)

Mari, 17 year old girl, from Toyama, Japan
H: Tell us a little about your drawing. What were you trying to show?
	M: Children are free. They're allowed to express this feeling straight.
H: Are you a child?
	M: No, maybe not.
H: When do you stop being a child?
	M: When you start thinking a lot about society and people you're probably not a child anymore.
H: Do you have any other keywords relating to "child"?
	M: free, dreams, enthusiastic.
H: At what age does someone stop being a child?
	M: 18!(Interview in English, 9/12/98)

Aki, 16 year old girl, from Kobe, Japan
H: Tell us a little about your drawing. What were you trying to show?
	A: When you're a child, you're free and you don't have any limits. They're innocent. You're not into a pattern and have endless creativity and thoughts. They're curious and they want to try a lot of new things. So I used different things there [in my drawing.]
H: Are you a child?
	A: Partly and partly not. When I'm doing what I want, I feel I'm free and still a kid. . . . . . No, maybe not. (Interview in English, 9/12/98)

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