Nagoya for two years. Those memories of 1943 through 1946 evolved into some chapters of the book "Meeting with Japan" by Fosco Maraini. Dacia Maraini's collection of poetry drawn from those difficult years, Mangiami pure, was published in 1978. The Maraini family retreated to Italy after the Allies occupied Japan. This period became the core of another book by Dacia Maraini who remembers that they left Asia "without either money or possessions, stripped bare, with nothing on our backs except the clothes handed out by the American military." The years in Italy are described in the book, Bagheria, named after the Sicilian town not far from Palermo where the family lived. In time, Maraini did return to his "adopted homeland" of Japan; and in 1955, this journey of rediscovery became the basis for his book, Meeting with Japan. In an interview, one of his daughters explained that one of her earliest memories of her father speaking is when he claimed: The head of the Tuscany regional government publicly explained that Maraini had "honored Florence and the Tuscany by teaching us to be tolerant of other cultures." Fosco Maraini was, with Giuliana Stramigioli among others, a founding member of the AISTUGIA – the Italian Association for the Japanese Studies. The 1963 film Violated Paradise, directed by Marion Gering was based on Maraini's work (1960). A few images shot by Maraini's crew were used in the production. Selected works Maraini has had numerous photographic exhibitions in Europe and Japan; and he wrote over twenty books, many of which have been translated into several languages. Books Secret Tibet (1952) Ore Giapponesi (1959) G4-Karakorum (1959) Meeting with Japan (1960) L'Isola delle Pescatrici (1960) Paropàmiso (1963). English version: Where Four Worlds Meet: Hindu Kush 1959 (1964) Tokyo (1976), Photography by Harald Sund; The Great Cities Time Life Books Amsterdam. The Island of the Fisherwomen (1962) Jerusalem: Rock of Ages (1969), Photography by Alfred Bernheim and Ricarda Schwerin; Translated by Judith Landry; New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. Patterns of Continuity (1971) Gnosi delle Fànfole (1994) Nuvolario (1995) Case, amori, universi (2000) Articles "Tradition and Innovation in Japanese Films," Geographical Magazine. Oct. 1954: 294–305. Honors Photographic Society of Japan, International Award—2002. Japan Foundation Award—1986, Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class—1982. International Society to Save Kyoto's Historic Environment, (ISSK) – First Honorary President. See also Saraghrar Marilyn Silverstone Notes References Lane, John Francis. Obituary, "Fosco