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Amped wrote:after the success of her guide book to painting which is popular among girls, Wada Ayaka starts a new monthly publication 10 vol. series "Ukiyoe". This time for Asianbeat.

Spoiler: show

Japanese vol.1
http://asianbeat.com/ja/ukiyoe/001.html

English vol.1
http://asianbeat.com/en/ukiyoe/001.html

a new article will be up every 4th Thursday of the month, next one is 7/24

Ayaka’s looks and style have seen her grace the covers of multiple magazines and gravure publications. She likes art and Western paintings, particularly the works of Rembrandt and Édouard Manet. She studies art history at university and has recently developed an interest in Japanese Buddhist sculptures and paintings. She even has her own “shuincho” (seal stamp book) and is currently collecting stamps from all the temples she visits around Japan. Ayaka discusses paintings in her monthly serialization, she is the author of the book “Otome no Kaiga Annai” (Maiden’s Guide to Paintings), and she also performs with Riho Sayashi (Morning Musume。 ) in the two-girl unit, Peaberry, which was formed alongside the SATOYAMA movement: a movement which has also begun expanding their activities to include art field as well.

Celedam wrote:

Yattaruchan wrote:Is the other girl #2 from Idoling? It kinda looks like her if it's not. It's been a while and I've forgotten her name. Rumi or something.

Yes, it's Rumi Koizumi. Although she's apparently using the name Rumi Hasegawa now.