In addition to what has been said here about a year ago ... Gekkoso That's what , in particular, reports of the President , Mr. Yoko Nakamura , Japanese wikipedia (
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91 %E6%9B %9C%E5%AD%90).
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In 1970 he began selling Soviet paintings at the World Expo held in Osaka, and succeeds . In 1976, establishes a travel company to organize walks on the Volga JSC " Ekspres Dream " with a registered capital of 40 million yen. ( about 137 thousand dollars at the exchange rate in 1976 . ) Ms. Yoko Nakamura to become president of the company. In the same year establishes "International Association of Art ." In 1977, under the auspices of this association , diagonally across from the gallery Gekkoso - on the third floor of the building Riccar Building - called " Tokyo International Museum of Art ," which held a permanent exhibition of Russian art. Shigeo Nagano Next developers the way managerial talent praised Ms. Nakamura : "She was my teacher predprinematelstva . We Goro Koyama - her students , "and developers the Shigeru Okada said:" This woman could manage a department store instead of me . " In addition, in collaboration with the former president of Friendly organized by " Moon Trading" , invests in the USSR, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Artists of the USSR began publishing a quarterly magazine " Painting ", dedicated to Soviet art . Since Ms. Nakamura actively opening new areas of cooperation with the Soviet Union , there spetsulyatsii , not whether it is a KGB agent . However , in 1983 Levchenko rubbished the charges , saying that " it is not a Soviet spy - in the Soviet Union and so completely happy with her pro-Soviet statements and activities."
In 1985 there was a " Gekkoso Incident ", when " the world messianism Church » (Church of World Messianity) offered to buy a fake " Etude face of Madonna for the painting" Virgin of the Rocks " for 2 billion 150 million yen. (about $ 9 million at the exchange rate in 1985 ) . The case became an international scandal. ...
In 1988 the Milan police opened an investigation, when it became known that " Etude face of Madonna for the painting" Virgin of the Rocks " was taken from Italy without a permit in violation of the law on the protection of artistic values. June 8, 1988 the Milan police filed charges against Gekkoso and leadership " of the Church world messianism ."
In March 1989, Gekkoso filed for bankruptcy in the Tokyo Regional Court . Total liabilities of the company amounted to 18 billion 800 million yen. ( about 131 million dollars at the exchange rate in 1989 ) .
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Ms. Nakamura died on February 2, 1992 .
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Photo - books that were published in the 70s Gekkoso in addition to catalogs of exhibitions of Soviet art sales held in Tokyo , Sapporo , Osaka.