Though based respectively in Canada and Finland, picture-book artists Yuka Shimada and Julia Vuori struck up a friendship after Shimada discovered Vuori's illustrations at the Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition, which was held in Tokyo some 20 years ago.

"Reunion I" ©E_STNSYUKA SHIMADA/OJIGI BUNNY INC. 2011, ©E_STNSJULIA VUORI 2011

"Bam & Kero" is a popular series of picture books by Shimada that features warm-hearted and playful animal characters in colorful, bold tones. Vuori's "SIKA" series of books features a pig who lives in the city, illustrated using similar colors.

This show presents around 150 original picture-book illustrations and sketches; till Aug. 14.

Other arts this week
"Playing with ko-sometsuke: Chinese Blue-and-white In Late Ming Dynasty" By TOMOKO HORI	"Glittering of Imagination: The Visionary World Of Surreal And Fantasy" By TOMOKO HORI	"Sun Yat-sen And Umeya Shokichi: China And Japan 100 Years Ago" By JAE LEE
"Photographs of Children: The Art of Photographing Children" By MIKE HAMILTON	"Tokuda Yasokichi: The Power of Colour, Drawing on the Past" By JAE LEE