Background
Morinoue was born in Kealakekua and raised near Holualoa, formerly a major coffee plantation town in the mountains above Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Hiroki Morinoue
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Morinoue studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Later, while in Japan, Morinoue studied with a master sumi-e artist and a master of woodblock printing. Morinoue still makes his home in Holoalua, on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Career
Japanese workers were imported from Japan at the turn of the 20th century to Hawaii to work the plantations. Although the coffee plantations are gone, Holualoa remains a major producer and exporter of Kona coffee from a cooperative of private growers. In addition, a large artist colony has taken hold in the town itself.
